The Kingston Whig-Standard reports that the owners of FreeDominion.ca have filed an appeal against the recent ruling ordering them to identify anonymous posters.
FreeDominion.ca Appeals Anonymity Decision
March 31, 2009
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Politics maketh strange bedfellows. I hope that CIPPIC and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association both intervene on the side of Freedominion.ca
1984
and so it begins
good luck to them
Hope it works out.
Fingers crossed.
Is it going to be the same judge?
Can they ask for a different judge?
anonymity is a right
anonymity is a right when the comment is on public issues – it would be correct to refuse the court or destroy any such data on receipt