29 Mar
2001
29 Mar
'01
12:22 a.m.
Participants and spectators in Jim Bell's trial next week in Seattle might be interested in this case, released by the Ninth Circuit today, concerning the use of a web page to publish addresses of third parties, and whether or not such publication is protected by the First Amendment where it's foreseeable that unknown persons could make use of the addresses to cause injury or embarassment -
<http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/9th/9935320.html> I think Judge Kozinski's ruling can also be easily read in support of free speech by operator and participants in anonymous betting pools with political interests. ks Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com