EFF: Media Alert: Court Hearing Monday for Redditor Fighting to Stay Anonymous
Media Alert: Court Hearing Monday for Redditor Fighting to Stay Anonymous Religious Organization Tries to Use Abusive Copyright Claim to Unmask Online Speaker San Francisco – On Monday, May 6 at 11am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue that a San Francisco court should quash a subpoena from the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society aimed at getting the identity of an anonymous Reddit commenter. Watch Tower is the supervising body and publisher of all religious doctrines for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. EFF’s client is a lifelong member of the Jehovah’s Witness community, and has used the handle “darkspilver” to share comments and spark discussion about the religious organization in one of Reddit’s online discussion groups. Watch Tower subpoenaed Reddit for information on darkspilver earlier this year, claiming it was part of a potential copyright lawsuit over material shared in the Reddit group. In Monday’s hearing, EFF Staff Attorney Alex Moss will argue that d...