VITAMEDIAS

Using Lawsuits to Unmask Anonymous Bloggers: Three months after filing the lawsuit, the company filed an emergency motion to prevent "John Doe" from posting more messages. It claimed that Doe's posting violated the company's anti-harassment policy. The company obtained a subpoena and served it on Yahoo. Yahoo sent an email to the employee that Yahoo would respond within 15 days unless the employee filed a motion to quash. The employee claimed he never received the email. Yahoo subsequently turned over the employee's identity to Allegheny Energy. Afterwards, Allegheny Energy filed papers to discountinue its civil action against the employee. The employee was then fired for making the racial slur.