"Cybersmear  or Cyber-SLAPP:  Analyzing Defamation
Suits Against Online John Does as  Strategic Lawsuits
Against  Public Participation

Joshua R. Furman*

A  recent  advertising  campaign  by  a  national  Internet  Service Provider  (ISP) depicts  a  happy  home  of consumers  who  never  have  to leave  their  house  thanks  to  their  super-fast  connection  and  the  wonders  of limitless  shopping  on  the  web.  Television  spots  show  people in awe  over the selection  and convenience  as  they click away  at laptops purchasing  kitchen  appliances,  trading  stocks,  and  occasionally  greeting  a  courier  with  the latest  treat  materializing  from their  online  adventures.  In some  ways  these  ads  are  a  fanciful  depiction  of our  current  reality.  While many  of us  have  felt the  excitement  of a  dot com shipment just  a"

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http://lawpublications.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1711&context=sulr&sei-redir=1#search="federal+rules+of+civil+procedure+defamation"