This excerpt would be my response to "IP addresses should not be protected by privacy laws because an IP address doesn't identify a person". > "While the Court

This excerpt would be my response to "IP addresses should not be protected by privacy laws because an IP address doesn't identify a person". > "While the Court is unaware of any cases in the Ninth Circuit in which a court has declined to apply a First Amendment unmasking standard for IP addresses, other courts have recognized that IP addresses are essential to unmasking because an 'IP address cannot be made up in the same way that a poster may provide a false name and address,'" Hixson wrote. "For this reason, the Court finds no reason to believe provision of an IP address is not unmasking subject to First Amendment scrutiny."