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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Pro golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is teed off over what he calls defamatory statements about him on Wikipedia.
But instead of suing the popular online reference site, Zoeller is taking a swing at a Miami company. In a lawsuit filed last week in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Zoeller -- suing under the name John Doe -- alleged the statements were posted from a computer belonging to Josef Silny & Associates.
Zoeller's attorney, Scott D. Sheftall of Miami, said he had to sue the company because he can't sue Wikipedia. Federal law says ``no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as publisher or speaker of any information provided by another.''
''Courts have clearly said you have to go after the source of the information,'' Sheftall said.
''The Zoeller family wants to take a stand to put a stop to this,'' Sheftall said. ``Otherwise, we're all just victims of the Internet vandals out there. They ought not to be able to act with impunity.''
Sheftall added there's no source to suggest any truth to the statements, which accuse Zoeller of abusing drugs, alcohol and his family.
Entire article: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/16752834.htm
But instead of suing the popular online reference site, Zoeller is taking a swing at a Miami company. In a lawsuit filed last week in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Zoeller -- suing under the name John Doe -- alleged the statements were posted from a computer belonging to Josef Silny & Associates.
Zoeller's attorney, Scott D. Sheftall of Miami, said he had to sue the company because he can't sue Wikipedia. Federal law says ``no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as publisher or speaker of any information provided by another.''
''Courts have clearly said you have to go after the source of the information,'' Sheftall said.
''The Zoeller family wants to take a stand to put a stop to this,'' Sheftall said. ``Otherwise, we're all just victims of the Internet vandals out there. They ought not to be able to act with impunity.''
Sheftall added there's no source to suggest any truth to the statements, which accuse Zoeller of abusing drugs, alcohol and his family.
Entire article: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/16752834.htm