by Guest Blogger Marcel Leonardi Some fantastic news: in response to the waves of criticism toward the proposed notice and takedown regime that might have curbed online speech in Brazil – see my prior blog post – the Brazilian Ministry…
[Post by Venkat] Asis Internet Servs. v. Rausch, Case No. 08-03186 EDL (N.D. Cal.) (May 03, 2010) Asis Internet was recently awarded summary judgment on its CAN-SPAM claims which it brought against a business known as “Find a Quote.” Although…
By Eric Goldman Cornelius v. DeLuca, 2010 WL 1709928 (D. Idaho April 26, 2010) I blogged about this case last year. In that post, I described the situation: DeLuca runs bodybuilding.com, a fitness website and online retailer. The plaintiffs sell…
[Post by Venkat] Agence France-Presse v. Morel, Case No. 10-civ-2730 (S.D.N.Y.) (March 26, 2010) The Agence France-Presse (AFP) is involved in litigation over photographs it acquired through Twitter. This could turn into a debacle for AFP, if it hasn’t already…
by Guest Blogger Marcel Leonardi [Marcel Leonardi is an attorney in São Paulo, Brazil, and Professor of Law at FGV-SP. He was a Google Policy Fellow in 2009, working with the international team at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He has…
[Post by Venkat] Asis Internet Services v. Member Source Media, LLC, No. C-08-1321 EMC (N.D. Cal.) (April 20, 2010) Yet another CAN-SPAM preemption ruling, this one is also from the Northern District of California and it also involves veteran spam…
By Eric Goldman In re Facebook PPC Advertising Litigation, C 09-3043 JF (HRL) (N.D. Cal. April 22, 2010). My blog post on the complaint filing. This is an unexpectedly hard-to-parse ruling in a click fraud lawsuit against Facebook. Facebook sought…
By Eric Goldman Milo v. Martin, 2010 WL 1708895 (Tex. App. Ct. April 29, 2010) This case involves allegedly defamatory “guestbook” messages posted by unknown users to a website entitled “The Watchdog.” Framed like that, the precedent says the website…
By Eric Goldman Novins v. Cannon, 2010 WL 1688695 (D. N.J. April 27, 2010). The CMLP page on Novins’ initial demand letter. The CMLP page on the lawsuit. An aborted lawsuit blog putatively by Novins. This is a defamation action…
By Eric Goldman Bryant v. Media Right Productions, Inc., 09-2600-cv (2d Cir. April 27, 2010). My previous blog post on this case under the name Bryant v. Europadisk. Wow, talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. The plaintiffs…