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by Mike Caswell

VMS Ventures Inc. has won court orders directing Stockhouse Publishing Ltd. to turn over identifying information for four forum posters who allegedly defamed the company. The orders, handed down on Wednesday, Sept. 5, by Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies, compel Stockhouse to provide IP addresses for the users, as well as names and any other information that could help identify them. Stockhouse did not contest the matter.

The orders come after VMS filed four petitions in the Supreme Court of British Columbia complaining of posts by the users that were heavily critical of the company, including some that accused management of insider trading and market manipulation. One of the users called management members "clowns" and said they were "busy shagging sheep instead of running a company." Another called the company a "classic pump and dump." The company said the posts were false and malicious.

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