Legal Question in Technology Law in Texas

Re: Interet Slander

You can file a lawsuit against a "fictitiously named" defendant,

i.e., against "John Doe". You can then serve a subpoena against the internet

service provider that hosts the web site to damand that they provide access to their system to discover

the information encoded to reveal the computer from which the message was posted.

To do so, you will need to have an expert in computer forensics to study the data and retrieve the information you seek.

Really good experts in this area also can help you in writing the exact specifications of the subpoena

to serve on the host service provider. You will probably need to hire an experienced lawyer to do this -- is is highly technical

and beyond the practical capabilities of most laymen.