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...jury in Oregon ruled against a group of abortion opponents on the grounds that an anti-abortion Web site called "The Nuremberg Files," along with two anti-abortion posters, constituted "a true threat by one or more of the defendants to do bodily harm, assault or kill any of the plaintiffs." The defendants were fined $ 107 million...
...free speech." It is a price that the courts may be increasingly asked to reevaluate, however. "When speech actively advocates violence," says Cohen, "there can be a finding of liability," as an Oregon federal jury determined earlier this month in the case of an antiabortion site called the Nuremberg Files. The proliferation of hate groups suggests that the nation may face a growing docket of such hate litigation -- and a new round of tests on how broad the nation's traditionally high tolerance of offensive speech should be in the age of cyber-publicity...
...wanted to gun down an abortion doctor, the Nuremberg Files was your website. It featured names, home addresses and photos of doctors who perform abortions--even the names and ages of their kids. Along with mangled fetuses and dripping blood, it boasted a handy checklist of "baby butchers" who were healthy (in black), as well as those who had been wounded (in gray) or killed (crossed out). It didn't quite make the case for pulling the trigger, but it pointed the way to sites that did. In 1995 Planned Parenthood and several targeted doctors sued the site's backers...
...Portland jury sent a clear message that Internet expression has limits, even though it's hard to regulate. As a medium for hate speech, the Net may be even more dangerous than print because it can put far-flung movement members in instantaneous contact. "The [Nuremberg] website takes it to even a higher level," says Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt. When Buffalo, N.Y., abortion doctor Barnett Slepian was killed last fall, she says, "his picture was crossed out within 15 minutes." But in the end, the Portland case used a single standard for its Internet defendants and those who threatened...
...time when vocal support for freedom of choice is more important than ever. The number of abortion providers in America has plummeted and continues to fall as more doctors become targets of extremist pro-life organizations. (Tuesday's huge punitive decision in Oregon against the creators of the "Nuremberg Files" Web site, which posts a "wanted list" of abortionists, is one sign that the courts are beginning to take action, though the judgment will most likely be overturned due to First Amendment considerations...