![Shopkick Unable to Shake Text Spam Complaint -- Huricks v. Shopkick](https://blog.ericgoldman.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Screen-Shot-2014-10-07-at-8.54.54-AM-150x70.png)
Shopkick Unable to Shake Text Spam Complaint — Huricks v. Shopkick
Shopkick is a rewards-based app that shoppers use on their phone while they are in-store shopping. I’m not precisely sure how it works (you get points for trying on items or walking in certain parts of the store?) but it…
![Q3 2014 Quick Links, Part 1 (RTBF, Reviews, IP & More)](https://blog.ericgoldman.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shutterstock_167170781-150x150.jpg)
Q3 2014 Quick Links, Part 1 (RTBF, Reviews, IP & More)
Right to Be Forgotten * U.S. Attitudes Toward the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’: 1. Sixty-one percent of Americans believe some version of the right to be forgotten is necessary. 2. Thirty-nine percent want a European-style blanket right to be forgotten,…
![Lawsuit Against Adware Vendor Fails--Halperin v. Text Enhance](https://blog.ericgoldman.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Screen-Shot-2014-10-06-at-8.15.32-AM-150x150.png)
Lawsuit Against Adware Vendor Fails–Halperin v. Text Enhance
Text Enhance, a program developed by Affluent Ads, scans web page text for certain keywords. When the user mouses over any of those keywords, the adware serves up a pop-up ad on the user’s computer. Halperin ended up with Text…
![A Seismic Ruling On Pre-1972 Sound Recordings and State Copyright Law--Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio (Guest Blog Post)](https://blog.ericgoldman.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/San_francisco_fire_1906-150x150.jpg)
A Seismic Ruling On Pre-1972 Sound Recordings and State Copyright Law–Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio (Guest Blog Post)
By Tyler Ochoa [Eric’s intro: in Tyler’s cover email to me, he told me the ruling was “huge, as in 1906-San-Francisco-earthquake huge. It literally could result in undoing 75 years of copyright history.”] A federal court in California has held…