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To: Daniel Levy who wrote (231)	8/21/1998 11:05:00 PM
From: Jon Tara	Respond to of 455

"How would you plan on finding them?" File suit against Does 1 through 10. File discovery against Yahoo, requiring them to provide the registered name (which could be bogus) and IP address (which won't be) of the poster. Presumably, the person would continue to post, and the IP address could be captured on his/her next visit, even if Yahoo doesn't maintain records. Most web sites do maintain records of the IP address that makes each connection, though. Armed with that, file discovery against the ISP that that owns the IP address. Most IP addresses are assigned dynamically when you dial-in. However, most ISPs DO maintain records of which user was assigned which IP address at which time - this is the way they shut-down spammers. I have had a number of ISPs shut down a LARGE number of spammers, and the reason they were able to do it is because they keep these records. If Yahoo were unable to produce the records (unlikely) add Yahoo to the list of Does, since they obviously are then responsible for the content. :) (Or, initially file against Does 1-10, Yahoo, and ISP's 1-10...)