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Is there a case anyone can point to where an anonymous plaintiff has sued someone over intellectual property authored anonymously?


In the United States, the 6th amendment, known as the "Confrontation Clause" is supposed to guarantee the right to see / know the accuser. It is literally baked into the constitution, otherwise anonymous trolls would be suing with no real recourse against them.

I think anyone who thinks the answer to your question is yes is misinformed.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confrontation_Clause


There are civil remedies for copyright infringement, so you're wrong. This is also why people should listen to lawyers, not random posters on the internet.




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