1H 2017 Quick Links, Part 4 (Copyright, Patent, More)
…dead. Good riddance. TorrentFreak. Variety. IP Watch. Prior blog post. * The Age: ‘Three strikes’ scheme for Aussie pirates scrapped: report * TorrentFreak: “A new academic study shows that graduated…
When Do Review Websites Commit Extortion?–Icon Health v. ConsumerAffairs
…design and operation of the website.” The court’s approach also implicitly conflicts with the many Ripoff Report and PissedConsumer rulings that addressed the review sites’ implementation. Despite this troubling discussion…
Recapping the “Can Technology Rescue Democracy” Essay Series at The Atlantic
…global view of the world. Instead of focusing resources on reporting, it would focus on aggregating and curating, pushing unfamiliar perspectives into our feeds and nudging us to diversity away…
Your Movements Shall Be Traced: The New EU Regulation on Cross-Border Portability (Guest Blog Post)
…physical movements, even if only at country-level detail (Recital 28). Some providers may choose to trace user movements in an unobtrusive way (e.g., by asking users to voluntarily report that…
1-800 Contacts Charges Higher Prices Than Its Online Competitors, But They Are OK With That–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts
…the agreements were in place.” Howard Hogan Expert Report To my knowledge, the expert reports have not been publicized released as a group. Nevertheless, the FTC attached the Hogan and…
Lawsuit Against Ripoff Report Dropped After Discovery–Vision Security v. Xcentric (Guest Blog Post)
…citable opinion, I think it’s useful “precedent” nonetheless.] Last year, a Utah federal court dismissed a defamation case brought against the popular consumer-review website www.ripoffreport.com (“Ripoff Report”) after the plaintiff…
To Geoblock, or Not To Geoblock – Is That Still a Question? (Guest Blog Post)
…see also an Australian government committee report from 2016 here urging its government to “clarif[y] the law on geoblocking,” and my 2012 call to address geoblocking and its circumvention here)….
Catching Up On Some Recent Click Fraud Rulings
…Ads Manager that shows customers the number of website clicks generated from the ads customers place with it. Google has a similar tool called Google Analytics, which tracks and reports…
Dozen Amicus Briefs Oppose the Worst Section 230 Ruling of 2016 (and One Supports It)–Hassell v. Bird
…the TJ Center and Katie Townsend, Bruce Brown, Gregg Leslie, and Ariel Glickman of RCFP. * Amicus Brief: Ripoff Report. By David Gingras of Gingras Law and Anette Beebe of…
FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. 1-800 Contacts
…that consumers searching for 1-800 Contacts only wanted to find it. I’d love to see the report too. The FTC raised numerous challenges to the report. Google as Victim. The…