It’s All About Defame and Fortune
People are people, and boy oh boy what a mélange of misfits and mudslingers we are! Now, I thought I’ve seen it all when it comes to reality television, but never in a million years did I think I’d see...
View ArticleBland v. Roberts: Free Speech And Facebook “Liking”
Below the good ole’ Mason Dixon, at the U.S. District Court, in the Old Dominion state of Virginia, an employment lawsuit ostensibly fit for a modern-day Atticus Finch was recently heard – Bland v....
View ArticleThe Wikitravel.com v. Wikimedia Foundation Lawsuit: Forking & Other Things
I was reading the other day on Techdirt, about a war that’s a-brewing in the open source community. In one corner we have the Wikimedia Foundation; in the other, Internet Brands – the company that owns...
View ArticleExtend Certain Legal Rights To Social Robots? What’s Up With That?
Do you think IBM’s WATSON, the super-genius computer who kicked Ken Jennings’ butt on Jeopardy, should be allowed to sue if someone tries to copy the code that informs its artificial intelligence? What...
View ArticleThe iPad Data Security Lawsuit — What’s Next?
On June 9th, 2010, Gawker.com ran a story about Andrew Auernheimer (a.k.a., weev) and Daniel Spitler (a.k.a., JacksonBrown), two hackers from the Goatse Security team (GoatSec). Five weeks after...
View ArticleAn Illegal Downloading Lawsuit May Be Headed To 1 First Street
Will 2013 be the year that the Supreme Court of the United States accepts an illegal music downloading case? If K.A.D. Camara has anything to say about it, then “yes,” it will be. For about five years,...
View ArticleAaron’s Law: A Necessary Change to the CFAA
Sadly, Aaron Swartz recently took his own life. An oppressive federal lawsuit, over a victim-less crime, is thought to be the true impetus for his death. If Swartz had lost the suit, it would’ve meant...
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Tesla Motor’s Defamation Saga
Tesla Motors is the hot new electric car company that seems to be dealing with some defamation issues. How should the car company respond? In certain circles, Tesla Motors is the new darling of the...
View ArticleCan You Blog About Something Before It Airs In Your Time Zone?
For the most part, the Manti Te’O girlfriend scandal is long-forgotten fodder. But Dr. Phil McGraw’s people don’t want to let the scandal slide. The pop-psychology pioneer is suing Gawker Media for...
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Youku Tudou & The State Of Online Copyright Infringement
Copyright infringement here; copyright infringement there; copyright infringement everywhere! But fear not 20th century hold-outs, for the U.S.A.’s very own Motion Picture Association of America is at...
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Facebook Defamation: Woman Must Pay $500,000 For Gossiping Online
Need a reminder about the dangers of gossiping online? Check out this recent Facebook defamation lawsuit out of North Carolina. A woman is out $500,000 for posting a nasty quip on the social networking...
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