H1 2012 Quick Links, Part 5 (Consumer Reviews, Content Regulation, Miscellaneous)
…Prior blog post. * The FTC busted Spokeo for running an unintentional credit reporting agency and for self-promoting using fake reviews. FTC blog post #1 and #2. NY Times coverage….
H1 2012 Quick Links, Part 3 (Advertising & Privacy)
…Have Noticed Targeting. Partially related: Search Engine Land: Pew Report: 65% View Personalized Search As Bad; 73% See It As Privacy Invasion. * Britain’s ASA holds an advertiser liable for…
The “I Didn’t Understand Facebook’s Privacy Settings” Argument Isn’t Persuasive to Judges–Sumien v. CareFlite
…on someone else’s Facebook status report is not a private communication to that person. That should be obvious to even casual Facebook users, but apparently Sumien didn’t get it. 3)…
H1 2012 Quick Links, Part 2 (Copyright)
By Eric Goldman * The scandal continues: Techdirt reports the Dajaz1 seizure was held up for months because the government was waiting for the RIAA to provide supporting evidence that…
H1 2012 Quick Links, Part 1 (Trademarks/Domain Names, Patents, Trade Secrets, IP)
…a “friend” who registered his name as a domain name and then tried to sell it back to him. NY Times coverage. * John Ottaviani reports on a lawsuits against…
Angie’s List’s Telephone and Fax Information Services May Be Immunized by Section 230–Courtney v. Vereb
…doubt this case is the definitive final word on that topic. Courtney’s second anti-Section 230 argument is that Angie’s List “requests that individuals, as part of their report generation process,…
Another Failed Effort to Remove a Ripoff Report Posting–Karnaby v. Mckenzie
…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,…
Nathenson on Teaching Internet Law
…Carnegie Report, the Article examines the extent to which “Cybersimulations” are an ideal way for students to learn — in a holistic and immersive manner — legal doctrine, underlying theory,…
University of Alabama Can’t Stop Paintings of Famous Crimson Tide Football Moments–University of Alabama v. New Life Art
…to subjugate his artistic freedom to the state university. Since then, Alabama has reportedly spent well over $1.5 million suing this artist. Not surprisingly, the case has been a public…
PissedConsumer Denied Section 230 Immunity and Can’t Shake Extortion Claim—Vo v. Opinion Corp.
…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…