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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Have you have been subpoenaed for log data? Could you talk about it of you had been?[/quote]

We have been subpoenaed several times. I've been told by our lawyer that I shouldn't broadcast the specifics of a subpoena but I can warn the targets so that they can contest the subpoena if they want. The problem is that I normally can't identify the targets in order to warn them because they are always anonymous. Very often we get threats of subpoenas which some people seem to believe will intimidate me. It actually doesn't bother me and I have no problem with people who believe they have been harmed using the legal system to seek remedy. I think it is cheaper and easier if they just contact me to discuss the issue civilly.

We also get lots of threats along the lines of "If you don't remove such and such posts I will sue you." I just laugh at those and, if anything, am even less wiling to remove the content in question.

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Thanks, that was fascinating. I have some follow-up questions: Are you typically subpoenaed for all posts from a specific IP? Or are they posts more limited to a subject, such as give me all posts where this IP talked about their kids? Do you have a sense of what sort of cases they are used for? (I imagine divorce?) Do you ever follow the cases to find out what happened?[/quote]

I always get subpoenaed for the IP address of specific post or posts. I would fight any request for all posts from an address or all posts about some topic. Almost all cases involve defamation.

Just for the record, I have very little tolerance for defamation by anonymous posters -- something I consider cowardly in most circumstances. If someone contacts me about a post they believe to be defamatory, I will normally remove it almost automatically. But most cases I encounter through subpoenas involve more than just DCUM. For instance, someone has defamed someone all over the place and other websites are also getting subpoenaed. 
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