[WikiEN-l] Re: RE: Corrected

Tue May 10 08:47:02 UTC 2005

<slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:4cc603b0505051626226b944d at mail.gmail.com...
> On 5/5/05, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> 
> wrote:
> > I would say anybody who posts to Usenet automatically becomes
> > a "public figure"; you can hardly spew your thoughts and opinions
> > into a million computers around the world, then try to claim
> > "privacy". If you want to be private, start by keeping your
> > mouth shut, eh?
> >
> It's an interesting point, whether sitting in your own home typing
> material onto the Web should in and of itself make you a public
> figure. I'm not aware of any relevant case law. Using your real name
> would certainly make it harder to argue that you'd intended to retain
> your privacy.

So adding your full name, address and contact details to the end of each and 
every post, as is Mr Wollmann's habit, would seem to fit this description: 
this guy has been doing his darndest to *become* a public figure for years.
-- 
Phil
[[en:User:Phil Boswell]]