Court Reduces Damages Award if Defendant Honors Injunction – North American Recycling v. Texamet Recycling

November 11, 2012 · by

…towards them, but courts should take care in these situations to make sure their rulings aren’t problematic. Related posts: Ripoff Report Isn’t Bound By Injunction Against User Post–Blockowicz v. Williams…

Consumer Review Website Isn’t Liable for Users’ Copyright Infringement–Ripoff Report v. ComplaintsBoard

October 30, 2012 · by

…against ComplaintsBoard for allegedly infringing Ripoff Report’s purported copyright in its users’ reviews. Ripoff Report argued that ComplaintsBoard “encouraged and permitted” users to repost infringing reviews from Ripoff Report. This…

Q3 2012 Quick Links, Part 4 (Facebook, Content Regulation)

October 22, 2012 · by

…allegedly being called “a freak in the sack.” Prior blog post. * Seldon v. Magedson, 2012 WL 4475020 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 28, 2012). Ripoff Report wins another lawsuit, this time on…

Ripoff Report and Topix Postings Protected by California’s Anti-SLAPP Law–Chaker v. Mateo

October 8, 2012 · by

…mom Wendy allegedly posted derogatory statements about Chaker and his business online to Ripoff Report and Topix. The court has little problem rejecting Chaker’s defamation lawsuit under California’s anti-SLAPP statute….

Section 230 Immunizes Links to Defamatory Third Party Content–Directory Assistants v. Supermedia

August 16, 2012 · by

…websites like Ripoff Report republish user-generated content. However, the court seems to have misread or misapplied the statute’s reference to “interactive computer service.” It shouldn’t matter to the Section 230…

PissedConsumer Defeats Trademark Claim…On a Motion to Dismiss!?–deVere v. Opinion Corp.

July 17, 2012 · by

…site for consumer complaints. PissedConsumer has superseded Ripoff Report as the leading gripe site defendant, as I’ve blogged three other PissedConsumer cases in the past 7 months (Ascentive, Vo and…

Another Failed Effort to Remove a Ripoff Report Posting–Karnaby v. Mckenzie

June 23, 2012 · by

…after Karnaby successfully arbitrated through Ripoff Report’s private arbitration option. Check out the arbitration ruling (now part of the Ripoff Report page) for more about this case.] Karnaby sued Mckenzie,…

PissedConsumer Denied Section 230 Immunity and Can’t Shake Extortion Claim—Vo v. Opinion Corp.

June 1, 2012 · by

…Extortion charges are often leveled at Ripoff Report as well. Although I doubt Vo’s extortion claim will succeed in the end, I imagine other plaintiffs suing Ripoff Report and PissedConsumer…

The Dangerous Meme That Won’t Go Away: Using Copyright Assignments to Suppress Unwanted Content–Scott v. WorldStarHipHop

May 14, 2012 · by

…this protocol. UGC sites (and especially review sites) could undercut the protocol by restricting users’ ability to take down content in response to legal duress. Ripoff Report famously provides its…

Cautionary Tale for Settling Trademark Cases–Tormented Souls v. Tormented Souls Motorcycle Club

April 20, 2012 · by

…or because the website prevents editing/deleting (e.g., Ripoff Report). In other words, defendants should not rubber-stamp this particular settlement agreement “boilerplate.” Related cases: * Tea Partiers Wage War Against Each…