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from: globes.co.il:
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In an unprecedented move, Google has agreed to supply the IP address of an Israeli blogger who
used "Google Blogger" for a blog in which he slandered Shaarei Tikva council members running for
reelection...
The council members asked Google for the blogger's name.
They reached a settlement with the company on the basis of an Israeli ruling on the subject.
The settlement stipulates that 72 hours before a hearing ...the council members would leave the
blogger a message on his blog summoning him to the hearing, or else his IP address would be
handed over. The notice would invite the blogger to disclose his identity, participate in the
hearing, or oppose the disclosure of his identity by filing a motion as "anonymous".
...
Google initially said that disclosing the blogger's identity violated rulings on the balance
between freedom of expression and a person's right to his reputation.
However, in a pre-ruling, Judge Oren Schwartz said that the blog's content raised suspicions of
criminal conduct, and Google took the hint.
...
In line with Judge Schwartz's ruling, Google and the councilmen reached a settlement in their
dispute. Following the 72 hour period, Google was ordered to hand over the IP address to the
court....
note: this is not about us. "anonymous" is a fairly...common name nowadays. ;)
We have been given the following links with good articles about the case in major german online-publications.
coverage on lawblog and coverage on heise.
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