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Mar 30, 2015

The Georgia Supreme Court Says Web Postings are Not Stalking

In Chan v. Ellis, Case No. S14A1652 (decided March 27, 2015), the Georgia Supreme Court addressed an unusual application of Georgia’s anti-stalking law. The Court held that mean or abusive postings on a party’s own website that were not sent to the alleged victim did not amount to illegal stalking. Mr. Chan operated a website in which and others published commentary critical of copyright enforcement practices that they considered predatory. Ms. Ellis is a poet whose efforts to enforce her copyrights had drawn the attention of Mr. Chan. On his website, Mr. Chan had published varied posts about Ms. Ellis… Read more