Hi everyone, and Happy Independence Day! I hope you are all enjoying some down time this weekend. The tech world enjoyed a little down time this weekend itself, and as a result I don’t have a lot to report. But one trend stood out this past week, one that I think is just beginning: social
Hello, and welcome to the Friday Tech Fix for June 5! My original goal has been to cover what I think are the “biggest” technology stories of the week, and why lawyers should care about them. But we are currently living in extraordinary times, and big technology news has been taking a backseat to, well…..more
Internet marketing company WhenU is suing the state of Utah, alleging its new anti-spyware statute unconstitutionally limits the right to advertise. Interestingly, WhenU is also one of the companies whose information was removed from Google’s index.
The first CAN-SPAM lawsuit has been filed — against BobVila.com.
That’s what some people think. Congress is currently considering the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act, which would make it a crime for for anyone to copy and redistribute a substantial portion of data collected by commercial database companies and list publishers. As you might expect, Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw are supporters of the
Last week, Judge Buchwald of the Southern District of New York found that one company’s snatching of a database from a rival’s Web sitedoes not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. However, the court allowed the case to proceed on plaintiff’s computer fraud claims. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes it a
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard recently debuted AudioBerkman, offering audio pieces that provide “a different angle to understanding Internet issues.” The new clips will be offered every other Friday.
A court has finally issued a ruling against pop-up advertising. A Manhattan federal judge says that WhenU.com’s pop-up ads for Vision Direct that appear when users visit the 1-800 Contacts website are likely to cause confusion between the two companies. The judge enjoined the company from delivering the pop-up ads.
Doug Isenberg of the terrific GigaLaw site has an article on this year’s Unexpected Twists in Internet Law.
Were you one of the million households that deleted all the music files on their PCs during the month of August? Looks like those RIAA threats of lawsuits are having an effect.
