Court Lets Interet Poster Keep Identity Anonymous

A California appeals court said an anonymous Internet poster does not have to reveal his identity after being sued for making "scathing verbal attacks" against executives at a Florida company on a Yahoo! Inc. message board. The Sixth Appellate District in Santa Clara County reversed a trial court ruling that would have allowed a former executive at SFBC International Inc. to subpoena Yahoo! for the names of her critics.

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