FYI for anyone that posts on an internet board, an

FYI for anyone that posts on an internet board, anything that is false and defaming to an individual (such as we are seeing "over there"):

If you have hard proof and evidence, that's one thing. If you are solely out to defame or discredit someone...... well......

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/phil-mi...uit-287272

TORONTO - Lawyers for golfer  Phil Mickelson  on Monday secured a judgement from a Quebec court to force cable giant Videotron S.E.N.C. to disclose the identity of an online heckler.

The Vancouver Sun newspaper  reported  the Quebec Superior Court has given Videotron ten days to unmask one of its Internet access subscribers for making defamatory statements against Mickelson and his wife on Yahoo! Sports on November 11 and 12.

Mickelson and his lawyers on January 25 brought the defamation lawsuit against Videotron, alleging an unnamed individual using the pseudonyms “Fogroller and “Longitude” on the Internet posting board claimed the pro golfer has an illegitimate child and that his wife had a affair with former basketballer  Michael Jordan .

Canadian courts in the past have often sided with domestic cable and phone giants in calls by copyright holders to learn the names of serial down-loaders to combat online piracy.

But the Quebec court has ruled free speech apparently doesn’t extend to making defamatory allegations against public figures while hiding behind the anonymity of an Internet chat room alias.