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…
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…
Kaspersky Files Answering Brief in Zango v. Kaspersky
By Eric Goldman Continuing my coverage of the Zango v. Kaspersky litigation over 230(c)(2), Kaspersky has filed its answering brief (warning: 5MB file). If you want to save time, the actual argument starts on page 32 of the PDF. The…
Pro-Zango Amicus Brief in Zango v. Kaspersky
By Eric Goldman The National Business Coalition on E-Commerce and Privacy has filed an amicus brief supporting Zango in Zango v. Kaspersky, the lawsuit over an anti-spyware vendor’s classification of third party software as “spyware.” I’m not familiar with this…
Zango’s Brief in Zango v. Kaspersky Ninth Circuit Appeal
By Eric Goldman Zango has filed its initial appellate brief in Zango v. Kaspersky [warning: 2.1MB file], the case addressing the liability of anti-spyware vendors for their classification decisions. Characteristically, Zango goes on the offensive, declaring that Kaspersky’s software is…
December 2007 Quick Links
By Eric Goldman Marketing * I’ve blogged about Various, which operates AdultFriendFinder.com, before. They made the news recently in two ways. First, they sold to Penthouse for half-a-billion dollars. Second, they settled with the FTC for “pelting” users with unwanted…
Oct.-Nov. 2007 Quick Links, Part 1
By Eric Goldman I was so jammed at the beginning of November that I didn’t have time to post my quick links from October. Never fear; that omission is being corrected with a double shot of quick links covering October…
Search Redirection Tool Could Be Trespass to Chattels–Burgess v. EForce
By Eric Goldman Burgess v. EForce Media, Inc., 2007 WL 3355369 (W.D.N.C. Nov. 9, 2007) Every now and then a consumer goes on a me-vs.-the-world bender and decides to unilaterally save society by suing everyone in sight. Burgess’ anger over…
Anti-Spyware Vendor Protected by 47 USC 230(c)(2)–Zango v. Kaspersky
By Eric Goldman Zango Inc. v. Kaspersky Lab, Inc., No. C07-0807-JCC (W.D. Wash. Aug. 28, 2007) There has been a fair amount of hand-wringing/teeth-gnashing over the legal liability of anti-spyware vendors when they label a software program as spyware or…
2007 Cyberspace Law Syllabus
By Eric Goldman I’ve posted my 2007 Cyberlaw syllabus. Unlike the past few years, which were a little slow cyberlaw-wise, the past 12 months saw a lot of important developments. Let me recap some of changes I made to my…