People on NB might have to be careful of what they say in the future

Free speech is a very good thing, NB is one of best political sites out there. I love the fact that we can overall voice our opinions political and otherwise.

A very popular part of NB is the "Captionfest" It usually shows Democrats and sometimes Republicans in kind of embarrassing pictures which can produce many posts. I find most of the posts are hilarious and have no problem with them. However I am very concerned about a legal precedent that happenned recently.

A 40 something year old model was the victim of blog post  with her picture with someone calling her a "skank" or a "whoring ho".  Long story short after she complained and took legal action, Google was forced by the courts to reveal the Bloggers name.  To me this could have serious raminfications on the future of blogging are sites like these. Will NB have to give up members IP addresses  the next time someone calls Hillary Clinton a not so nice name? Will KOS have to turn over the IP addresses of the next person that wishes George Bush harm?