Update: Full text of the Liskula Cohen Court Order Responding to Subpoena of Google to ID Anonymous Blogger

Here is a PDF version of the complete court order by Manhattan Supreme Court (New York state trial court) order by Justice Joan Madden, ordering Google to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called model Liskula Cohen a “skank.”  This is the full text of the court ruling responding to Liskula Cohen’s subpoena.  This is the judicial decision that will force Google to turn over the real identity of the blogger to Ms. Cohen’s lawyers.

And here is a linkable version to share.

Much more analysis to follow.  For now, note the consideration of First Amendment issues in Footnote 5 of the document.  It is a relatively short decision.

RELATED COVERAGE:

RDBlog: The no-longer-anonymous blogger strikes back with her own lawsuit against Google
RDBlog: Analysis of the legal impact of the Cohen order
RDBlog: Initial coverage of the ruling

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#1 ReputationDefender Blog : Legal impact of the Liskula Cohen court order (the “skank” decision) on 08.19.09 at 4:36 pm

[...] ← Update: Full text of the Liskula Cohen Court Order Responding to Subpoena of Google to ID Anonymous … [...]

#2 universal preheater on 08.20.09 at 2:20 am

I think a person should have a sense of moral standards in his head before he can say or write publicly. Every normal human being, with his right mind, is capable of knowing what is hurtful and what is not. We can somehow know a person’s character by his words and action.

#3 Technology on 08.20.09 at 6:22 am

That’s setting a scary precedent for all bloggers.

#4 ReputationDefender Blog : 5 myths about the Liskula Cohen versus Google “skank” decision on 08.27.09 at 9:39 am

[...] forcing Google to reveal the identity of a blogger who allegedly defamed model Liskula Cohen (the court order, our legal analysis, and our initial coverage), there has been a lot of misinformation floating [...]

#5 ReputationDefender Blog : Rosemary Port’s privacy lawsuit against Google is a guaranteed loser on 08.27.09 at 1:25 pm

[...] Google was forced to reveal Port’s email address to model Liskula Cohen after the Supreme Court of Manhattan issued an order requiring it to do [...]

#6 5 myths about the Liskula Cohen versus Google “skank” decision : Michael Fertik - Internet entrepreneur and CEO of ReputationDefender on 08.27.09 at 6:19 pm

[...] forcing Google to reveal the identity of a blogger who allegedly defamed model Liskula Cohen (the court order, our legal analysis, and our initial coverage), there has been a lot of misinformation floating [...]

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