Clickthrough Agreement With Acknowledgement Checkbox Enforced–Scherillo v. Dun & Bradstreet
…without the checkbox, but it sure put the user in an awkward/untenable position. Scherillo bought a financial report about a company from Dun & Bradstreet’s Small Business Solutions website. Scherillo…
Ripoff Report Sues Blogger, Loses on Jurisdictional Grounds–Xcentric Ventures v. Bird
…of a RipOff Report Lawsuit.” As you may know, many SEOs HATE Ripoff Report because of Ripoff Report’s frustratingly high ranking in Google search results, which might be more attributable…
47 USC 230 Year-in-Review for 2009
…it for 230 protection. GW Equity v. Xcentric Ventures (N.D. Tex. Jan. 9, 2009). Ripoff Report is protected by 230 even though it offers pull-down menus and manipulates user-submitted reports….
Ripoff Report Not Bound by Takedown Injunction Against User–Blockowicz v. Williams
…plaintiffs presented to Ripoff Report and the other websites. All of the other websites complied with the takedown order, but the Ripoff Report refused. Instead, the Ripoff Report argued (among…
Website Initially Denied 230 Dismissal But Gets It on Appeal–Shiamili v. Real Estate Group
…& Benson v. Purdy (wow, this list is a blast from the past!). I’m not including the pure web hosting cases or any of the Ripoff Report cases, yet I’m…
A New Way to Bypass 47 USC 230? Default Injunctions and FRCP 65
…Nevertheless, the judge gave Ripoff Report a chance to brief the matter. I’ll be interested to see if Ripoff Report can make any headway with the skeptical judge. Whatever you…
Law Professor Sues Over ‘Above the Law’ Blog Posts–Jones v. Minkin
…the plaintiff can’t establish a prima facie case of infringement). With respect to the alleged privacy violations, there is the obvious problem that police incident reports should be public documents….
Q3 2009 Quick Links, Part 1
…Levy on Ripoff Report, InfomercialScams.com, Video Professor and UGC sites that go bad * A tweet about moldy apartment leads to a defamation lawsuit. MLRC and CMLP coverage. * Cohen…
Sex Predator Stung By Undercover Officer Who Self-Reported 3 Different Ages–US v. Haile
…I remain deeply troubled by how many Westlaw cases report on social networking sites being used to facilitate sexual predation, knowing that Westlaw-reported cases are surely a small fraction of…
Ripoff Report Rolls to Another Win–Intellect Art v. Milewski
…against both the posting student and the Ripoff Report. The plaintiff alleged defamation and a products liability claim against Ripoff Report. Both are dismissed per 47 USC 230. The court’s…