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Date: 1999-11-11
Yahoo: Beihilfe zur Zensur-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- über eine Firma, die das als geschäftsschädigend erachtet. Die Firma wendet sich mit einem sogenannten "Subpoena" [in etwa: einstweilige Verfügung] an Yahoo und verlangt die Herausgabe aller User-Daten, die vorliegen. Yahoo kommt dem Ersuchen nach, unterläßt es aber, den verfolgten User darüber zu informieren. Ceterum censeunt EPIC et al: Yahoo unterstützt Firmen partiell dabei, Kritiker einzuschüchtern, Kritik abzuwürgen und damit das Rechtssystem zu mißbrauchen. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- ... This scenario is being played out more often than most Internet users realize. Companies enraged by criticism are filing lawsuits against "John Doe" and then serving the service provider with a subpoena for the identity of anonymous posters. Like other service providers, Yahoo will release identifying information in the face of a subpoena. But unlike its rivals, Yahoo doesn't notify the member whose identity is being revealed, so the member can't fight the subpoena in court. Attorneys from the Electronic Privacy Information Center agree with other First Amendment lawyers that Yahoo is partly responsible for allowing companies to intimidate and silence their critics and abuse the judicial system. "Yahoo has made, it appears, a decision at the very highest level that they're not going to fight any of these subpoenas or even insist that they comply with the law," says Megan Gray, an attorney in Los Angeles. "There are probably hundreds of these lawsuits and only a few get publicized." ... One of the members who posted some of the messages says he will sue Yahoo, possibly as part of a class-action suit, if the company reveals any information about him without his permission. The member, who asked not to be identified except by his user name of Expertone 2000, has offered to sign a waiver allowing Yahoo to release information about him but only if Fruit of the Loom provides a written affidavit stating that it believes what he posted was false. "Yahoo's Jeff Mallett [the company's president] has given corporate America a green light to conduct a giant Internet witch hunt," Expertone 2000 wrote in an e-mail to the Standard. .... A Yahoo spokesman defends the company's practices. "We comply with validly issued subpoenas and we don't always provide all the information requested," says Jon Sobel, associate general counsel at Yahoo. He acknowledges that Yahoo generally doesn't try to notify users of a subpoena, but says, "it's something we are looking at doing, if possible." ... While Yahoo fears legal action, few companies follow through with threatened lawsuits. For instance, Raytheon (RTNB) recently sued 21 John Does who posted on Yahoo; but once the company learned their identities, it dropped the lawsuit. It turned out that some of the posters worked for the company; four of them were let go after their names came to light. Other companies that have filed lawsuits against Yahoo and served subpoenas include Breed Technologies, an airbag manufacturer; Xircom (XIRC) ; Universal Food; and Kimberly-Clark (KMB) . full story http://www.thestandard.com/articles/display/0,1449,7564,00.html -.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 1999-11-11 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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