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…
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…
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…
Ninth Circuit Groaner About Metatags–Art Attacks v. MGA
…magical search powers? It’s a meme that the legal community just can’t seem to shake. To wit: In a case involving the alleged ripoff of a small-time local artist by…
Ripoff Report Hires New General Counsel
…S. Gingras has taken the mantle as the General Counsel at Ripoff Report. His law firm bio page and his LinkedIn page. Before David, the Ripoff Report’s General Counsel was…
Republishing Solicited Email May Not Qualify for 47 USC 230 Immunization–Woodhull v. Meinel
…Rosenthal, Batzel v. Smith, D’Alonzo, the multitudinous Ripoff Report cases, and many others. Somehow the court misinterprets the precedent, saying that Meinel’s solicitation of the email and incorporation of the…
Ripoff Report Responds re. Xcentric Ventures v. Village Voice
By Eric Goldman Last week I blogged about a lawsuit that some of the Ripoff Report folks brought against the Phoenix New Times and its reporter, Sarah Fenske, for defamation…
Ripoff Report Folks Sue Newspaper and Reporter for Defamation–Xcentric Ventures v. Village Voice
…the plaintiffs should be satisfied pursuing only Sharp. Indeed, if a company has a problem with a user-supplied report published on Ripoff Report, the Ripoff Report folks say to take…