Steven Tyler Can’t Seem To Get A Grip On Just Who Was Impersonating Him Online

Steven Tyler’s lawsuit against anonymous bloggers who were pretending to be him has been dismissed by a Los Angeles court, thanks to the site’s host–the Google-owned Blogger–allowing people to sign up with any old semi-anonymous e-mail address, and therefore not having records of just who the people engaging in this crazy bit of celebrity impersonation were. The California judge who dismissed Tyler v. Does (long o, as in John/Jane) did dismiss it without prejudice, meaning that if Tyler and his band of investigators somehow find out who owned tylers849021.blogspot.com back in the day they can haul his (or her!) (or their?) butt right back into court. A brief description of the lawsuit after the jump.

The defendants allegedly created at least two Blogspot blogs that impersonated Tyler and his girlfriend. The blog tylers849021.blogspot.com (now removed) allegedly featured photos of Tyler and discussed details about Tyler’s private life. The blogger posted under the name “STEVEN” and signed each post “ST.” A similar blog — shelikespurple.blogspot.com — allegedly impersonated Brady in the same manner. Though Tyler named 20 John Does as defendants, his complaint suggests that a single blogger may have engaged in the alleged acts. The complaint also alleges that the defendants previously had operated similar blogs that Tyler convinced Google to take down in 2007.

The blogs have since been removed from Google’s cache, but we posted an excerpt from one entry last year. It was pretty tame, although I guess the serial-impersonation nature, combined with one entry bringing up Tyler’s deceased mother, caused him to draw the line, as it were. Steven Tyler, 0; Internet, 1 [NBC Los Angeles] Tyler v. Does [Citizen Media Law Project]