Fair Use Protects Sending Expert Witness’ Resume to Opposing Counsel–Devil’s Advocate v. Zurich Insurance
…Even if the resume is copyrightable, many of us want our resumes distributed far and wide–indeed, “shotgunning” resumes is a popular student sport–so using copyright to suppress its distribution would…
Online Marketplaces Facilitating Gun Sales Don’t Kill People. People Kill People (Forbes Cross-Post)
…transaction that led to a murder. What Happened After his romantic overtures were spurned, Demetry Smirnov shot and murdered Jitka Vesel. For this crime, Smirnov was sentenced to life in…
First Amendment Precludes Disorderly Conduct Conviction for Ranting on Police Department Facebook Page
…it as a long shot. This illustrates how difficult it is to regulate speech outside the well-recognized First Amendment exceptions; courts are often rigorous about asking whether particular speech truly…
23andMe’s Browsewrap Fails, But Its Post-Purchase Clickthrough Works Anyway–Tompkins v. 23andMe
…did 23andMe successfully move this case into arbitration despite its jaw-dropping gaffe? Read on… The Purchase 23andMe.com Home Page Footer (several screens down from the top). Screen shot taken July…
Q1 2014 Quick Links, Part 1 (IP)
…No. 8:13-cv-2811 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 10, 2014): publicity rights lawsuit against mugshot website survives motion to dismiss. Partially related: Woman behind ‘attractive convict’ mug shot sues for invasion of privacy…
Copyright Suit Over Second Life Terraforming Survives Summary Judgment, Then Settles — FireSabre v. Linden
…in mid-December]. Screenshot of “Ramapo Islands” Background This bizarre case stemmed from a payment dispute for digital design services related to the virtual world “Second Life.” For those unaware with…
Court Won’t Order Google To Lift Manual Block For ‘Thin Content’–ICF v. Google
…ruling–that courts will second-guess Google’s manual spam actions–would have been a shot heard ’round the world. Every scrappy website unhappy with its search placement would be running to the courthouse,…
Calling Out Scraper for “Stealing” Data Is Not Defamatory – Tamburo v. Dworkin
…is unpersuaded. (It’s unclear as to (1) whether she made any statements of copyright infringement after she admitted talking to her lawyer and learning that this was a long shot…
Another Case Involving School Discipline for a Violent Post on a Social Networking Site — Wynar v. Douglas County School Dist.
…rds / 1 semi-auto shot gun w/sawed off barrle / 1 pistle” Friends of the student (Landon Wynar) became concerned and started buzzing about these posts. They went to their…
High Schooler’s Facebook Post Can Constitute the Crime of Menacing – In re P.T.
…(in Ohio) posted the following to his Facebook page: Kids were shot. Who cares? Dead kids are dead kids. Murder is a good thing. This is a serious status. I…