] In one recent case, the lawsuit and subpoena were issued
] in response to someone opining on an online message board
] that the president of a corporation had "a Napoleon
] complex." In another, the lawsuit was based on a
] statement that the company's executives were getting rich
] while the stock price was in free fall. Each of these
] suits was dropped once it became clear that the anonymous
] speaker was going to court to protect his identity,
] suggesting that the real purpose of the litigation was to
] discover whether the statements were made by employees so
] that the company could retaliate against them.

Anonymous speech on the Interent matters.

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