Atty Charles Novins Pursues Legal challenge to Protect Innocents From Internet Vandals

[Atlas Bugged]

Charles Novins, Esq., has received apologies from several of the
anonymous internet thugs attempting to libel him. The perpetrators
posted libelous musings about drug use and sex crimes, all outright
lies. Rather than face legal prosecution, most have backed down.

Novins is a prominent attorney from Toms River, a "Jersey-shore" town
in Ocean County, New Jersey.

[These newsgroups listed in the header were among the many where the
original libel of Novins (and others) was posted, thus the general
reporting of this matter here.]

Of course, the ability to post anonymously to the internet in such a
way that it is impossible to be traced is now trivially easy, so it is
likely further libel will appear. The only way this will ever be
addressed is to hold the "publishers" - online services ranging from
Google all the way down to bedroom-based chat-room providers -
responsible, just as was done in the days of print publishing.

The widely-despised "Communications Decency Act," a Clinton-era relic
meant to censor the internet, was mostly struck down by the Supreme
Court. It lives on in part, however, causing further harm. It
immunizes the publisher of damaging defamation from responsibility for
spreading the lies, the fraud, and for businesses harmed, in what
essentially amounts to stealing.

Novins hopes the damage that was caused to him can be remedied if the
law is changed. The defamation in his case was so egregious - and so
utterly false - that he hopes his case can serve as an example of what
happens when the law leaves an injured party without any legal means
of recourse.

In recent days, the Novins firm has become a clearinghouse for others
damaged in the same way. Several other victims have called Novins,
seeking information as to the laws, the technology, and in some cases,
providing information about some perpetrators. It's a serious uphill
battle to alter federal laws, but Novins, a 23-year practitioner, has
several times in the past been instrumental in changing unjust
provions in law.

[Malcom "Mal" Reynolds]

In article
<b1d44abd-394c-4152-a3c8-58c34fa33ce0@19
g2000vbq.googlegroups.com>,
Atlas Bugged <atlas...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Charles Novins, Esq., has received apologies from several of the
> anonymous internet thugs attempting to libel him. The perpetrators
> posted libelous musings about drug use and sex crimes, all outright
> lies. Rather than face legal prosecution, most have backed down.

Any your proof of this can be found
where?