more usenet implications from court case

http://www.crn.com/security/21940094...KHWATMY32 JVN

'Skanks' Case Could Increase Online Privacy Awareness, Security Sales

A court order forcing Google to reveal the identity of a blogger who
made nasty comments about former Vogue cover girl Liskula Cohen could
highlight the issue of whether or not to protect online anonymity, and
perhaps provide a new revenue stream for security-oriented solution
providers.
In the case, an anonymous blogger had been waging a character
assassination campaign against Cohen until Cohen got fed up with the
blogs and filed a suit in January to reveal the blogger's identity.
The court ruled this week in Cohen's favor.

Web sites and internet service providers have to deal with costs
related to liability stemming from content provided via their sites,
said Sam Panebianco, CIO of Kryptec.net, an Orange, Calif.-based
provider of managed security, infrastructure assessments, system
integration, and data forensics.

The Cohen ruling could mean an increase in that overhead, Panebianco
said.

"Smaller media and Web companies will require more resources,
equipment, and services to protect such information," he said. "For a
company like Google (NSDQ:GOOG), however, it's negligible because of
the size of their operations."

The end result of the Cohen ruling could be an increase in sales by
the channel to those media and Web companies in much the same way that
lawsuits by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over
digital rights management have helped beef up business, Panebianco
said.

"Just look at how it's going down with RIAA and file sharing," he
said. "ISPs have to be accountable. But it's also pushing sales of
monitoring and other equipment down to the university level. Our
company has seen a lot of university sales for intrusion detection and
prevention technology, and event management technology."

The Cohen case is part of a trend that is starting to be felt around
the Web, Panebianco said.

"A lot of people are trying to leverage information for their personal
agenda," he said. "Now, if someone doesn't like a blogger's blog, they
can force him or her to run up a huge defense bill."

Jim Clements, president of React Network, an Atherton, Calif.-based
security and network solution provider, criticized the Internet in
general for the way it makes it possible for anonymous bloggers to say
what they want with little or no expectation of retaliation.

"It's gotten to the point where, between Google, Facebook, and
Twitter, they've actually enhanced what I call the 'electronic
sewer,'" Clements said. "While it started out as technology that
enabled us to make great leaps forward, the Internet has become an
'electronic sewer.'"

Questions about privacy and anonymity and what to do about them are
especially important to younger people who have not yet grasped the
concepts, Clements said.

"Young people today have no concept of privacy," he said. "They don't
even know they've lost it."

On Aug 21, 8:02*am, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
wrote:
http://www.crn.com/security/21940094...AFU4EWXQE1GHPC....

'Skanks' Case Could Increase Online Privacy Awareness, Security Sales

A court order forcing Google to reveal the identity of a blogger who
made nasty comments about former Vogue cover girl Liskula Cohen could
highlight the issue of whether or not to protect online anonymity, and
perhaps provide a new revenue stream for security-oriented solution
providers.
In the case, an anonymous blogger had been waging a character
assassination campaign against Cohen until Cohen got fed up with the
blogs and filed a suit in January to reveal the blogger's identity.
The court ruled this week in Cohen's favor.

Web sites and internet service providers have to deal with costs
related to liability stemming from content provided via their sites,
said Sam Panebianco, CIO of Kryptec.net, an Orange, Calif.-based
provider of managed security, infrastructure assessments, system
integration, and data forensics.

The Cohen ruling could mean an increase in that overhead, Panebianco
said.

"Smaller media and Web companies will require more resources,
equipment, and services to protect such information," he said. "For a
company like Google (NSDQ:GOOG), however, it's negligible because of
the size of their operations."

The end result of the Cohen ruling could be an increase in sales by
the channel to those media and Web companies in much the same way that
lawsuits by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over
digital rights management have helped beef up business, Panebianco
said.

"Just look at how it's going down with RIAA and file sharing," he
said. "ISPs have to be accountable. But it's also pushing sales of
monitoring and other equipment down to the university level. Our
company has seen a lot of university sales for intrusion detection and
prevention technology, and event management technology."

The Cohen case is part of a trend that is starting to be felt around
the Web, Panebianco said.

"A lot of people are trying to leverage information for their personal
agenda," he said. "Now, if someone doesn't like a blogger's blog, they
can force him or her to run up a huge defense bill."

Jim Clements, president of React Network, an Atherton, Calif.-based
security and network solution provider, criticized the Internet in
general for the way it makes it possible for anonymous bloggers to say
what they want with little or no expectation of retaliation.

"It's gotten to the point where, between Google, Facebook, and
Twitter, they've actually enhanced what I call the 'electronic
sewer,'" Clements said. "While it started out as technology that
enabled us to make great leaps forward, the Internet has become an
'electronic sewer.'"

Questions about privacy and anonymity and what to do about them are
especially important to younger people who have not yet grasped the
concepts, Clements said.

"Young people today have no concept of privacy," he said. "They don't
even know they've lost it."

liz hatch will soon sue to unmask magilla

"bar" wrote in message
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On Aug 21, 8:02 am, "Kurgan. presented by Gringioni."
wrote:
http://www.crn.com/security/21940094...AFU4EWXQE1GHPC...

'Skanks' Case Could Increase Online Privacy Awareness, Security Sales

A court order forcing Google to reveal the identity of a blogger who
made nasty comments about former Vogue cover girl Liskula Cohen could
highlight the issue of whether or not to protect online anonymity, and
perhaps provide a new revenue stream for security-oriented solution
providers.
In the case, an anonymous blogger had been waging a character
assassination campaign against Cohen until Cohen got fed up with the
blogs and filed a suit in January to reveal the blogger's identity.
The court ruled this week in Cohen's favor.

Web sites and internet service providers have to deal with costs
related to liability stemming from content provided via their sites,
said Sam Panebianco, CIO of Kryptec.net, an Orange, Calif.-based
provider of managed security, infrastructure assessments, system
integration, and data forensics.

The Cohen ruling could mean an increase in that overhead, Panebianco
said.

"Smaller media and Web companies will require more resources,
equipment, and services to protect such information," he said. "For a
company like Google (NSDQ:GOOG), however, it's negligible because of
the size of their operations."

The end result of the Cohen ruling could be an increase in sales by
the channel to those media and Web companies in much the same way that
lawsuits by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over
digital rights management have helped beef up business, Panebianco
said.

"Just look at how it's going down with RIAA and file sharing," he
said. "ISPs have to be accountable. But it's also pushing sales of
monitoring and other equipment down to the university level. Our
company has seen a lot of university sales for intrusion detection and
prevention technology, and event management technology."

The Cohen case is part of a trend that is starting to be felt around
the Web, Panebianco said.

"A lot of people are trying to leverage information for their personal
agenda," he said. "Now, if someone doesn't like a blogger's blog, they
can force him or her to run up a huge defense bill."

Jim Clements, president of React Network, an Atherton, Calif.-based
security and network solution provider, criticized the Internet in
general for the way it makes it possible for anonymous bloggers to say
what they want with little or no expectation of retaliation.

"It's gotten to the point where, between Google, Facebook, and
Twitter, they've actually enhanced what I call the 'electronic
sewer,'" Clements said. "While it started out as technology that
enabled us to make great leaps forward, the Internet has become an
'electronic sewer.'"

Questions about privacy and anonymity and what to do about them are
especially important to younger people who have not yet grasped the
concepts, Clements said.

"Young people today have no concept of privacy," he said. "They don't
even know they've lost it."

liz hatch will soon sue to unmask magilla

Longo sued people before for defamation and libel.

GoneBeforeMyTime wrote:
liz hatch will soon sue to unmask magilla

Longo sued people before for defamation and libel.

The ape feels that Hatch isn't that good or attractive.
I'm not sure there is libel there.

Bob Schwartz

"Bob Schwartz" wrote in message
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GoneBeforeMyTime wrote:
liz hatch will soon sue to unmask magilla

Longo sued people before for defamation and libel.

The ape feels that Hatch isn't that good or attractive.
I'm not sure there is libel there.

Bob Schwartz

You attached that comment to me. Bar wrote that. I'm simply saying Longo has
taken people to task for less in the past, but its the thin skinned versus
the electronic sewer thing. Thick skin ends I guess where libel and
defamation begins. Longo's got more to lose, at least in her view and has in
the past hasn't hesitated to take people to task. Watt also took I believe
was one of the team or AIS coaches to court for remarks as minor as calling
her a "tart".

On Aug 21, 12:25*pm, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote:
You attached that comment to me. Bar wrote that.

Fix your 'effin newsreader!

" wrote in message
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On Aug 21, 12:25 pm, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote:
You attached that comment to me. Bar wrote that.

Fix your 'effin newsreader!

That has nothing to do with it.

GoneBeforeMyTime wrote:
" wrote in message
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On Aug 21, 12:25 pm, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote:
You attached that comment to me. Bar wrote that.

Fix your 'effin newsreader!

That has nothing to do with it.

Dumbass,

Outlook Express doesn't quote properly.

Bob Schwartz

On Aug 21, 10:04*am, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote:
" wrote in message

On Aug 21, 12:25 pm, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote:

You attached that comment to me. Bar wrote that.

Fix your 'effin newsreader!

That has nothing to do with it.

Bruce, your news reader isn't putting the " " in front
of whatever you respond to, so there's no way to tell
which part you wrote. This naturally leads to
attribution problems. If it bothers you, consider doing
something to fix it.

Ben

"Bob Schwartz" wrote in message
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GoneBeforeMyTime wrote:
" wrote in message
...
On Aug 21, 12:25 pm, "GoneBeforeMyTime" wrote:
You attached that comment to me. Bar wrote that.

Fix your 'effin newsreader!

That has nothing to do with it.

Dumbass,

Outlook Express doesn't quote properly.

Bob Schwartz

Quotes have nothing to do with not posting the header of who the poster is.
Outlook Express is not buggie in this regard.