Another Ripoff Report Win–A-1 Technology v. Magedson
…A-1 Technology, Inc. v. Magedson, 150033/10 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. June 22, 2011) After a while, the Ripoff Report cases all start blurring together. The plaintiffs try the same tired arguments,…
George Mason “Law and Economics of Search Engines and Online Advertising” Conference Recap
…click => forward data to data quality analyst, who prepares an independent report => forward the report to the launch committee, who approves the change or denies it. Launch considerations:…
April-May 2011 Quick Links, Part 4
…manner. News report. A highlight from the opinion: “Taken as a whole, the statements in this case appear to be nothing more or less than one man’s description of shock…
Site Moderators Weren’t Agents of the Site–Cornelius v. BodyBuilding.com
…posts. Also, similar to Ripoff Report, BodyBuilding.com restricted its authors’ ability to delete their old posts. [In our exchange about this post in draft mode, Venkat wondered about the legal…
Ripoff Report Gets Another Big 47 USC 230 Win–Asia Economic Institute v. Xcentric
…and corrected the description of the Corporate Advocacy Program. Ripoff Report launched an arbitration program which is upfront about disclosing that Ripoff Report will redact names from Ripoff Reports for…
Copyright and Tattoos: Hangover II Injunction Denied, But the Copyright Owner Got Some Good News Too–Whitmill v. Warner Bros. (Guest Blog Post)
…report!] Whitmill v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., 4:11-cv-00752 (E.D. Mo.). The complaint. This morning, at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Chief Judge Catherine D. Perry…
Another Ruling that the Americans with Disabilities Act Doesn’t Apply to Websites–Ouellette v. Viacom
By Eric Goldman Ouellette v. Viacom: The magistrate report: 2011 WL 1882780 (D. Mont. March 31, 2011). The judge’s approval of the magistrate’s report: 2011 WL 1883190 (D. Mont. May…
47 USC 230 and Message Board Cases
…opportunity to research cases where 47 USC 230 applied to message board postings. Here’s a report on what I learned: In general, 47 U.S.C. § 230 means that websites are…
Two Recent Social Media Defendants Avoid Personal Jurisdiction
…Get Disadvantageous Jurisdictional Appellate Rulings in Defamation Cases (June 2010) * Ripoff Report Sues Blogger, Loses on Jurisdictional Grounds–Xcentric Ventures v. Bird (February 2010) * Defamation Lawsuit Against Blogger Dismissed…
California’s Reader Privacy Act: A First Step in a New Direction (Guest Blog Post)
…people’s reading habits is far greater when they read digital materials than with traditional printed media. The ACLU’s 2010 report on digital books provides a nice summary of what information…