Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:02:48 -0500 To: announce@efga.org From: "Robert A. Costner" <pooh@efga.org> Subject: [EFGA] DragonCon.net Receives Subpoena for User Records Sender: owner-announce@efga.org Reply-To: owner-announce@efga.org X-URL: http://www.efga.org DRAGONCON.NET RECEIVES SUBPOENA FOR USER RECORDS This week DragonCon.net, a free email service, received a Subpoena requesting information on one of its users including the true and correct legal name, IP addresses, E-mail addresses, E-mail headers and postal address The matter has been referred to attorneys to see if the Subpoena is valid and should be complied with. DragonCon.net places a high value on the privacy of it's users and will not release user info based on a casual request. http://www.dragoncon.net is a privacy friendly email forwarding and newsgroup posting service using technology developed by Electronic Frontiers Georgia (EFGA) <http://www.efga.org>. EFGA is known for it's leadership in the worldwide anonymous remailer community, the Georgia Cracker remailer <http://anon.efga.org>, and as the original plaintiff in the internet anonymity case ACLU vs. Miller. DragonCon.net has been a way to extend a form of privacy and anonymity to those who wish for some anonymity in communications without the burden of encryption imposed by the Cypherpunk remailer system. Dragon*Con <http://www.dragoncon.org> is a science fiction and fantasy convention held each year in Atlanta, Georgia. DragonCon.net is a free email service for members of Dragon*Con which also allows anyone else to have an email account. DragonCon.net, the email service, is operated independently of Dragon*Con by a third party company. Says Chairman Ed Kramer of Dragon*Con, "Dragoncon.net is run by an independent company; we have no control over their policies. However, we certainly respect the privacy of our members and support the pro-privacy polices of the internet service towards their users. We've been told that attorneys are reviewing irregularities in the subpoena, and the internet service may be forced to not honor it." The matter is a civil action against a group of email-name defendants, none of which appear to be the Dragoncon.net user. Dragoncon.net is not a party in the suit. We do not yet know the nature of the civil action. More information will be announced in a few days. For more information contact Robert A. Costner pooh@efga.org 770 402-3580 * To join or be removed from this list, send a message to majordomo@efga.org with the message body of SUBSCRIBE announce or UNSUBSCRIBE announce