Ryanair seeking to serve subpoenas to identify forum posters???

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Looks like PPRuNe may have coughed up email addresses of multiple forum members, and Ryanair is hunting down their owners through the US court system.

The article below also seems to imply that Ryanair is looking to gain access to posters' PMs as well...

Be safe posting out there, y'all.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1197849.ece
RYANAIR has taken a case to the California superior court in an effort to unmask 17 users of a popular online pilots’ forum whom it claims defamed the airline.

Ryanair says the anonymous users have wrongly impugned its safety and business standards.

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Court documents show the airline has been successful in securing the email addresses of nine contributors to the Professional Pilots Rumour Network website, which is owned by Internet Brands Inc and based in California.

Michael O’Leary’s company is now seeking permission to serve subpoenas on Microsoft, Google and Yahoo in an effort to discover who is behind the nine email addresses.

It also wants the site to hand over all messages the users sent to other members of the forum, and the IP addresses they logged
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I never believe internet rumors, until the rumored paarty start suing...
 
Now you know why I won't give my email to the purple board, or anyone else. They can't complete a request for info they don't have.
 
No but your IP address is recorded on every transaction you make here (I'm an admin on another vBulletin site, it's kind of neat. In addition when you edit posts or delete them here, all the prior versions of it are retained even though a non-admin can not see them).

The porn industry has been pretty good at subpoenaing identities of subscriber's IP addresses.
 
docmirror said:
Now you know why I won't give my email to the purple board, or anyone else. They can't complete a request for info they don't have.
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Doesn't matter, they have your IP address. If you think there is any form of anonymity on the Internet, you are sadly mistaken. Even with VPNs and proxies, there is still traceability for the right people.
 
Yup, that's the way it is. Basically, don't talk junk unless you can back it up...and know that what you say can and will be used against you if you p!ss off the wrong people, if you don't have your ducks in a row and they do. I don't know anything about this case or the alleged defamation, but it's not the first time and it won't be the last.
 
Just another reason to avoid the Trailways of the Air. Not that I need another one. ;)

Cheers
 
I guess they can chase me too:

A man is alone in an airport lounge. A beautiful woman walks in and
sits down at the table next to him.
He decides because she's wearing a uniform, she's probably an off-duty
flight attendant.
So he decides to have a go at picking her up by identifying the
airline she flies for, thereby impressing her greatly.

He leans across to her and says the British Airways motto :

'To Fly. To Serve'.

The woman looks at him blankly.
He sits back and thinks up another line.
He leans forward again and delivers the Air France motto:

'Winning the hearts of the world'.

Again she just stares at him with a slightly puzzled look on her face.
Undeterred, he tries again, this time saying the Malaysian Airlines motto:

'Going beyond expectations'.

The woman looks at him sternly and says: 'What the F**k do you want?'

'Ah!' he says "Ryanair".
 
aviatingfool said:
I guess they can chase me too:

A man is alone in an airport lounge. A beautiful woman walks in and
sits down at the table next to him.
He decides because she's wearing a uniform, she's probably an off-duty
flight attendant.
So he decides to have a go at picking her up by identifying the
airline she flies for, thereby impressing her greatly.

He leans across to her and says the British Airways motto :

'To Fly. To Serve'.

The woman looks at him blankly.
He sits back and thinks up another line.
He leans forward again and delivers the Air France motto:

'Winning the hearts of the world'.

Again she just stares at him with a slightly puzzled look on her face.
Undeterred, he tries again, this time saying the Malaysian Airlines motto:

'Going beyond expectations'.

The woman looks at him sternly and says: 'What the F**k do you want?'

'Ah!' he says "Ryanair".
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Ha Ha

I work in Europe, and have had the displeasure of Ryanair, and I can tell you, it is not good. The company I work for has STRICT instructions, no matter what the inconveniences may be, I prefer it to Ryanair
 
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