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On 2009-12-30, Albert Ekman <atlasbuggedbyspam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Charles Novins, Esq., has received apologies from several of the
> anonymous internet thugs attempting to libel him.  The perpetrators
> posted libelous musings about drug use and sex crimes, all outright
> lies.  Rather than face legal prosecution, most have backed down.
>
> Novins is a prominent attorney from Toms River, a "Jersey-shore" town
> in Ocean County, New Jersey,

He also appears to have friends who are spammers.

> The widely-despised "Communications Decency Act," a Clinton-era relic
> meant to censor the internet, was mostly struck down by the Supreme
> Court. It lives on in part, however, causing further harm.  It
> immunizes the publisher of damaging defamation from responsibility for
> spreading the lies, the fraud, and for businesses harmed, in what
> essentially amounts to stealing.

typical right-tard  knee-jerk-off  "it's stealing"

Bullshit.

> Novins hopes the damage that was caused to him can be remedied if the
> law is changed.

Then the guy is an idiot.  A law change is most unlikely to give him
redress against past wrongs.

> The defamation in his case was so egregious - and so
> utterly false - that he hopes his case can serve as an example of what
> happens when the law leaves an injured party without any legal means
> of recourse.

Insanity apparently.

> Until the law is changed or repealed, the focus has been on Federal
> Trade Commission prosecutions.  But it's a stretch, legally.  Some
> balance will need to be eventually made so that the internet can
> freely thrive, while at the same time, victims of defamation can have
> a vehicle for justice.

sounds like he doesn't understand the internet.

> The Novins firm is becoming a clearinghouse for others damaged in the
> same way.  Several other victims have called Novins, seeking
> information as to the laws, the technology, and in some cases,
> providing information about some perpetrators.  It's a serious uphill
> battle to alter federal laws, but Novins, a 23-year practitioner, has
> several times in the past been instrumental in changing laws.
>
> These newsgroups listed in the header were among the many where the
> original libel of Novins (and others) was posted, thus the general
> reporting of this matter here.

I don't recall reading it, but anonymous posts are worth about as
much as anonymous IOUs. (It was 5 months ago, someone is a little slow!)

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