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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (90815)	2/6/2005 2:11:50 PM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 122087

Thanks - very interesting and useful summary. Given how tough it is makes you wonder why anyone would bother other than in case of employees, ex-employees, trade secrets or actual (factual) libel issues. I'm fascinated by all the threats on Yahoo back and forth, bashers, pumpers, both, that they are going to sue other posters or get companies to sue, or they will sue the company, all based on message board opinion posts. I was thinking more of situations where a message board, (and more are springing up these days with all the bloggers and mixed message board/blog type sites,) decided not to follow the 2theMart test. You answered my question though I believe. You are saying that that most courts will allow a "John Doe" appearance for purposes of a motion to quash.

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (90815)	2/6/2005 2:29:08 PM
From: scion	Respond to of 122087

8 John Reed Stark has chronicled such behavior by cybersleuths in both the SEC context and the spam context more than five years ago. Stark notes that cybersleuths provide “painstaking details of potential violations, usually offering identifying information about themselves in case the SEC needs to contact them. Cybersleuths even list the potential securities violations of fraudsters by statute, rule, and regulation, sometimes by precise citation. Cybersleuths receive no reward or bounty for their benevolence, just the satisfaction of helping to keep the Internet clean and safe for all investors, and their numbers continue to swell.” John Reed Stark, “Tombstones: The Internet's Impact Upon SEC Rules of Engagement,” in Securities Regulation and the Internet 793, 837 (PLI Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks & Literary ftc.gov