Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Friday, October 05, 2001

http://chronicle.com/free/2001/10/2001100501t.htm

Indiana Supreme Court Rules That a Former Professor Is a 'Cyberpredator'
By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

Indiana's Supreme Court ruled this week that a disgruntled former University of Evansville professor had acted as a "cyberpredator," and that his use of e-mail and Web pages represented an attempt to misuse the names of and to defame three university officials. The court upheld much of a lower court's injunction against the professor's online behavior. The former professor, William Felsher, did win a partial victory, however. The court agreed with Mr. Felsher's assertion that the university -- or any other corporation -- cannot claim a right under Indiana law to privacy protection in the way that individuals can....

 



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