This is nonsense.
People should think a lot harder before posting private information.
This is
not private information. Pirate posted that Dropbox link on a public forum. The individual in question maintains a blog about himself. I do not see how simply reproducing that material might offend privacy as you appear to imply. As always on the internet, you are the sole responsible for what you put on the web; the web doesn't force you.
Posting of the mere information about Greg itself might not be a crime but the entire post seems like clear slander. He does not say that they are related, he says one is the other. Unless that is true, it is slander.
IANAL
Almost certain what you're saying isn't true.
Why?? What part?
Well, first, I'm pretty sure "slander" isn't a crime.
Second, the word you're looking for is libel.
Third, a suit for defamation would require OP to be negligent in his publication, or knowing that it is a false statement (doubtful). I think negligence may be provable, depending on the care OP took in his research.
In short, there are several hurdles to leap. And if one is going to say, "OP is a slanderer," does one not subject himself to the same cause of action for defamation of which he accuses OP?
