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In article <61ae869c-ff64-475a-a5e3-f4c7ac3ca7ec@d7g2000vbs.googlegroups.com>,
Albert Ekman  <atlasbuggedbyspam@gmail.com> wrote:
>Atty Charles Novins Seeks Changes In Law to Protect Innocents From
>Internet Vandals
>
>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,
>
>Of course, the ability to post anonymously to the internet in such a
>way that it is impossible to be traced is now trivially easy, so it is
>likely further libel will appear.  The only way this will ever be
>addressed is to hold the "publishers" - online services ranging from
>Google all the way down to bedroom-based chat-room providers -
>responsible, just as was done in the days of print publishing.
>
>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.
>
>Novins hopes the damage that was caused to him can be remedied if the
>law is changed.  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.
>
>Until the law is changed or repealed, the focus has been on Federal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.
>
>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.


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