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The order was made regardless of the fact that the underlying allegations (defamation, breach of secrecy) were never proven:
http://ml-implode.com/article/mchugh_order
In other words, operators of forums or other online publications may be compelled to take down posts and give up identities before it is even shown defamation occurred or "secrecy" was breached.
We are appealing to the NH Supreme Court.
This is quite a bad precedent for bloggers or those who run forums. It is very easy to come up with wrong-minded and unfounded allegations like the above. The mainstream media should be concerned too, though they are less likely to be picked on, for obvious reasons (still, they could end up in court a lot longer for user posts to their online articles that might "upset" someone).
Feel free to cover this or spread the news around.
-Aaron
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Anthony M. Freed
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Friday, 3 April 2009
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