Third Party Liability Presentation

By Eric Goldman Last week I spoke at the “Center for Creativity and Commerce Symposium: New Media, New Markets, New Rights” at Georgia State University in Atlanta. This event was sponsored by four different departments within GSU (law, business, communications,…

April 2008 Quick Links

By Eric Goldman Anti-Gaming * Even though Ticketmaster won its lawsuit, Minnesota overreacted to the Hannah Montana ticket crush by banning software to circumvent an online ticket allocation process. See Sec. 609.806. Check out the hyperbole in this press release!…

CDT Files Amicus Brief in Zango v. Kaspersky

By Eric Goldman The Center for Democracy and Technology has authored a brief, for itself, anti-spyware vendors and other advocacy groups, in favor of Kaspersky in the Zango v. Kaspersky case. I thought this brief was a useful contribution to…

Spam Revisited: Virginia-style

By Ethan Ackerman The Virginia Supreme Court revisits its First Amendment holding in Jaynes. In what is likely a second stroke of luck for criminal spammer Jeremy Jaynes, the Virginia state Supreme Court recently granted a discretionary rehearing on the…

Adware is Dead. Long Live Adware!

By Eric Goldman In late January, I attended the Anti-Spyware Coalition’s Public Workshop entitled Spyware: What’s Worked, What’s Left, and What’s Coming. I was on a panel entitled “Is Adware Dead?” with Alissa Cooper from CDT and Colin O’Malley from…