The Problem of “International Orphan Works” (Guest Blog Post)
By Guest Blogger Marketa Trimble The U.S. Copyright Office recently extended the deadline by which the public may submit comments on issues related to orphan works until February 4, 2013….
Call for Papers/Participation, 3rd Annual Internet Law Work-in-Progress Conference, SCU, March 16, 2013
…submit a feedback-ready draft of the paper no later than Feb. 28, 2013. Papers-in-progress will receive extra presentation time compared to projects-in-progress. If a presenter requests a paper-in-progress slot but…
“Notes and Questions” About the UMG v. Shelter Capital Case (Excerpt from my Internet Law Reader)
…willful blindness. In light of the Viacom v. YouTube ruling, the Ninth Circuit asked the litigants in UMG v. Shelter Capital to submit briefs on whether it should modify the…
Court Orders Production of Five Years’ Worth of Facebook and MySpace Posts – Thompson v. Autoliv
…materials should not be discoverable, then the parties shall submit the material to the court for review along with their arguments as to discoverability. Defense counsel shall return the storage…
Users Can’t Sue Sony for Changing Online Terms to Require Arbitration – Fineman v. Sony Network Entertainment
…revised its EULA in September 2011 requiring PlayStation 3 users to choose between agreeing to submit dispute to arbitration (on an individual basis) or foregoing the right to access the…
Banning Sex Offenders from Social Networking Sites is Unconstitutional–Doe v. Jindal
…(The names of these laws reflect common legislative tricks to speed passage and suppress opposition). Collectively, these two laws require sex offenders to submit their online aliases into a database…
Egregious/Overreaching Ex Parte Orders for Rightsowners Keep Coming — Deckers and Richemont
…December 23 and, as of January 3, 2012, they did not submit any papers in objection. The injunction is similar in scope to the TRO. It contains a broad account…
TheDirty Denied 47 USC 230 Immunity–Jones v. Dirty World
…appeal, which thedirty has already promised. You may recall thedirty encourages users to submit third party gossip, typically about women, along with a photo of the gossip subject. Nik, thedirty’s…
Did a Court Eliminate 512(h) Subpoenas?–Maximized Living v. Google
…case. Maximized Living sells copyrighted material to chiropractors. Anonymous blogger Doe allegedly infringed Maximized Living’s copyrights via a Blogspot blog post. Maximized Living submitted an apparently overbroad 512(h) subpoena request…
Court Awards Damages for Wrongful Disruption of Web Presence — Ordonez v. Icon Sky Holdings
…that Ordonez was the senior user, and submitted a specimen that wasn’t really a specimen (it was the exact same specimen which George submitted for another trademark application, but appeard…