Another Questionable IP Lawsuit Over a Derogatory Twitter Account
…Morel Ripoff Report and Topix Postings Protected by California’s Anti-SLAPP Law–Chaker v. Mateo Twibel Ruling: Tweeting That Someone is “Fucking Crazy” is Not Defamatory In Its “Innocence of Muslims” Ruling,…
Ripoff Report’s Latest Section 230 Win–Seldon v. Magedson
…Ripoff Report | Complaints Reviews Scams Lawsuits Frauds Reported,” which introduced the defamatory statements. Seldon further alleged: ripoffreport.com has a staff of reviewers who intercept and review each and every…
Xcentric Ventures Chips Away at Small Justice’s Copyright Workaround to Section 230
…Report v. ComplaintsBoard Ripoff Report and Topix Postings Protected by California’s Anti-SLAPP Law–Chaker v. Mateo Another Failed Effort to Remove a Ripoff Report Posting–Karnaby v. Mckenzie Ripoff Report May Be…
47 USC 230’s Legislative History
…Act.” ____ From House Report 104-458, the Conference Report from the House of Representatives dated January 31, 1996 (see page 193-94 of the PDF): SECTION 509—ONLINE FAMILY EMPOWERMENT Senate bill…
CafePress May Not Qualify For 512 Safe Harbor – Gardner v. CafePress
…v. YouTube Designing Optimal Immunities and Safe Harbors (Forbes Cross-Post) Consumer Review Website Isn’t Liable for Users’ Copyright Infringement–Ripoff Report v. ComplaintsBoard Video Embedding Site Isn’t a Contributory Copyright Infringer,…
Talk on Why State Legislatures Shouldn’t Regulate Internet Privacy
…Utah Bans Keyword Advertising * Another Dumb Utah Law A few other states I’ve mocked: * The Most Effective Anti-Terrorism Law EVER * Alaska’s Anti-Adware Law–A One-Year Status Report *…
TCPA Claim Over Yahoo!’s IM to SMS Messaging Survives Summary Judgment
…Perhaps Yahoo!’s phrasing in its confirmation message was not ideal (maybe it could have said “you have received an IM-to-SMS message … click here to report as spam and stop…
H2 2013 Quick Links, Part 3 (Content Regulation)
…Posting to Ripoff Report is mostly opinion, but two statements survived a motion to dismiss the defamation and related claims. * Ball v. Saurman, 2013 WL 5209817 (Cal. App. Ct….
AAUP Says Kansas Regents’ New Faculty Social Media Use Policy Violates Academic Freedom (Guest Blog Post)
…interests of the University,’ or for ‘impairing discipline by superiors [administrators] or harmony among co-workers.’ The AAUP reports that one brave faculty member, Kansas State University professor Phil Nel, wrote…
Facebook Complaints About Boss’s Creepy Hands Can’t Salvage Retaliation/Harassment Claims
…exercised reasonable care, and DeBord did not take advantage of the reporting tools and processes the employer made available. Specifically, the employer offered an “anonymous reporting system” for harassment claims….