47 USC 230 Day at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog
…v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC, 2008 WL 565102 (D. Ariz. Feb. 28, 2008) I previously blogged on this case here. As I noted then, Ripoff Report got a defamation claim dismissed…
Jan. 2008 Quick Links (Non-IP Edition)
…Ripoff Report * CMLP reported that Energy Automation Systems v. Xcentric Ventures has settled. * A lot of people would love to take down the Ripoff Report. The latest (perhaps…
Ripoff Report Gets Mixed 230 Ruling–Children of America v. Magedson
…dismissed a plaintiff’s defamation claims against Ripoff Report based on third party content, but didn’t dismiss the claims that alleged Ripoff Report wrote the content. This is the correct application…
230 Applies Even if Website Retains Content That Author Asked to Remove–Global Royalties v. Ripoff Report
By Eric Goldman Global Royalties, Ltd. v. Xcentric Ventures, LLC, 07-956-PHX-FJM (D. Ariz. Oct. 10, 2007) Surprise! Ripoff Report/Xcentric/badbusinessbureau/Magedson are in court again (I’ve lost count of the number of…
New Cyberlaw Fad–Real Estate Developers v. Griping Homebuyers
…be protected by 47 USC 230, but the news report indicates that WBG is suing the posters as well. * While not exactly a developer v. buyer lawsuit, a home…
January 2007 Quick Links
…owned by Yahoo and thus increasing its traffic, Greg Linden reports that it’s getting spammed. * I previously reported that ICANN was thinking about retiring some TLDs. The first casualty?…