If you haven't heard of Tucker Max then you're either not a college a student, or living under a rock.
He's up there with Maddox and internet cult followings.

If even you think Tucker is a total dick (and well...he is and admits it), he's the sort of self-made 'net celebrity that people rally behind.

A while back there was a big hullabaloo about some laws they tacked onto the end of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) - that basicalyl said it is illegal to annonymously "annoy" someone on the internet. Yes, you read that right. Now if you spend any time on internet websites, blogs, and especially message boards, you're wella ware of the variety of trolls and anonymous poo-flinging that goes on online. Most of it is harmless. The problem ehre s how broad a definition of "annoy" it is. When this came out I remember hearing brushed aside remarks about how it would never be used in lawsuits for internet fights, it was supposed to protect people from recieving harassing emails and phone calls.

Well think again. Under that same law Tucker is getting sued. In all honesty it's total bullshit - to begin with, he himself said nothing, but he is being sued for hosting the website that has the message boards wer other people freely proclaimed their dislike of someone.

Oh yeah, you read that right. If you run a website or a blog or a livejournal, and other people come to your site and say "annoying" things about someone - you can be sued!

It's a load of crock, but it's happening anyways. Even if you hate Tucker, you had to admit he and his fans have the right to say what they want. Tucker's post linked above has all the news articles outlining why this case goes farther than just this individual case and has implications for all internet news boards.

So pass it along and hopefully it'll get beat down in court like a red headed step child in Walmart.