Tweeted Article About Law Grad’s Suit Over Stalking Investigation Isn’t Defamatory
…defendants’ statements were false, and therefore constituted defamation. Alternatively, the court holds that defendants’ article and tweet are privileged under California Civil Code section 47(d). __ Ouch, not only does…
Creditors Can’t Seize Country Code Top Level Domains
…court says that plaintiffs cannot attach the authority to operate the country code top level domains. Country code domains are two letter country codes identifying a relationship to a particular…
Manuel Noriega Loses Right of Publicity Suit Against Activision (Guest Blog Post)
…money laundering. In July 2014, Noriega filed a lawsuit against Activision in California Superior Court, alleging violation of his statutory right of publicity (Cal. Civ. Code §3344) and common-law right…
Android ID Isn’t Personally Identifiable Information Under the Video Privacy Protection Act
…codes which could identify a person but only with additional information does not violate that statute. __ While the law was recently “fixed” to address the procurement of consent online,…
A Seismic Ruling On Pre-1972 Sound Recordings and State Copyright Law–Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM Radio (Guest Blog Post)
…of copyright history.”] A federal court in California has held that a California statute, Civil Code §980(a)(2), protects sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972 against unauthorized public performance. The…
Congress May Crack Down On Businesses’ Efforts To Ban Consumer Reviews (Forbes Cross-Post)
…it sets up the possibility that consumers could sue offending businesses directly. For example, California’s unfair competition law (Business & Professions Code Sec. 17200) allows consumers to sue for “any…
Employer Isn’t Liable When Former Employee Linked His Apple Accounts To Its Devices–Sunbelt v. Victor
…messages were transmitted to the iPhone he returned to Sunbelt. He sued for violations of the Wiretap Act, Stored Communications Act and Section 502 of the California Penal Code. His…
California Tells Businesses: Stop Trying To Ban Consumer Reviews (Forbes Cross-Post)
…idea got worse. Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 2365 into law, to be codified as California Civil Code Sec. 1670.8. The law is a first-in-the-nation statute to stop businesses from…
2014 Internet Law Casebook and Syllabus Now Available
…Fraud & Abuse Act Review: the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. §1030 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030], and California Penal Code §502 [http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=484-502.9] Comparison of Trespass to Chattels Doctrines ……………………………………………………….. 93 Intel…
‘Silk Road’ Ruling Will Hurt Online Commerce (Forbes Cross-Post)
…transaction that occurred on Silk Road during the nearly three-year period covered by the Indictment. Instead, he wrote (or had others write) certain code that automated the transaction. Yet, as…