[LINK] literary agent sues wikipedia and others

[Jan Whitaker]

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/free_speech_on_internet_at_iss.html

NJ literary agent fights her online critics
by Kelly Heyboer/The Star-Ledger
Sunday June 29, 2008, 11:56 PM

If you believe her website, Barbara Bauer is a veteran literary agent 
who has helped get numerous books by award-winning authors published 
in multiple languages around the world.

If you believe other sites around the internet, Bauer is one of the 
industry's "20 Worst Literary Agents," charging her clients high fees 
for little work.

The Monmouth County literary agent says the websites, blogs and 
YouTube videos slamming her are ruining her reputation and cutting 
into her business. So she is suing a number of sources of online 
criticism in a case that has caught the attention of free-speech 
groups and online activists.

"She's gone after everyone," said James Chadwick, an attorney 
representing Wikipedia, one of the websites named in the lawsuit. 
"She has sued everybody who she can identify who has said anything 
about her on the internet."
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