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Granted this is over very vile posts, but....
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/22394
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/22394
Law students sue authors of online posts
Two women face identity hurdle in pursuing users behind ‘sexually explicit’ comments on AutoAdmit
“Dean_Harold_Koh†— not to be confused with Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh — and 38 other pseudonymous users of an Internet message board have been sued by two Yale Law School students in connection with defamatory comments on the message board for people in the legal community.
The two female students first pursued legal action in June against the 39 post authors as well as initial defendant Anthony Ciolli, a former employee of the Web forum AutoAdmit. But the plaintiffs revised their complaint Friday, deciding not to name Ciolli as a defendant.
Instead, the two students filed suit against the authors of the posts because of what the plaintiffs allege are sexually explicit and derogatory posts made on the site between 2005 and early this year, although it is not clear the plaintiffs’ lawyers know the identities of the 39 defendants. Three female Yale law students were the subjects of the posts, but only two have filed suit.
AutoAdmit, which calls itself “the most prestigious law school discussion board in the world,†features content — ranging from threads about law school admissions to life at law firms — aimed at those interested in the world of law.
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Two women face identity hurdle in pursuing users behind ‘sexually explicit’ comments on AutoAdmit
“Dean_Harold_Koh†— not to be confused with Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh — and 38 other pseudonymous users of an Internet message board have been sued by two Yale Law School students in connection with defamatory comments on the message board for people in the legal community.
The two female students first pursued legal action in June against the 39 post authors as well as initial defendant Anthony Ciolli, a former employee of the Web forum AutoAdmit. But the plaintiffs revised their complaint Friday, deciding not to name Ciolli as a defendant.
Instead, the two students filed suit against the authors of the posts because of what the plaintiffs allege are sexually explicit and derogatory posts made on the site between 2005 and early this year, although it is not clear the plaintiffs’ lawyers know the identities of the 39 defendants. Three female Yale law students were the subjects of the posts, but only two have filed suit.
AutoAdmit, which calls itself “the most prestigious law school discussion board in the world,†features content — ranging from threads about law school admissions to life at law firms — aimed at those interested in the world of law.
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