Regarding the new Sticky here, Legal Considerations of Posting on the Internet:
The question is often asked whether a person's postings on the an Internet forum have been used against him in court. I've just found a case in which they have.
One Leonard Embody (better known on gun forums as Kwikrnu) was detained when openly carrying a gun through a city park in Tennessee. He was detained and ultimately found to be conducting himself legally. He sued charging violations of his civil rights. He lost on the defendants' motion for summary judgment.
Here is his deposition in that case. Appended to his deposition as exhibits are hard copies of a number of his postings on Internet gun forums.
The question is often asked whether a person's postings on the an Internet forum have been used against him in court. I've just found a case in which they have.
One Leonard Embody (better known on gun forums as Kwikrnu) was detained when openly carrying a gun through a city park in Tennessee. He was detained and ultimately found to be conducting himself legally. He sued charging violations of his civil rights. He lost on the defendants' motion for summary judgment.
Here is his deposition in that case. Appended to his deposition as exhibits are hard copies of a number of his postings on Internet gun forums.