It has been awhile since the issue of deep linking has been in the news. Robert Berkman has written a new book called Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals, and a portion of his book that discusses deep linking has been reprinted at Online Journalism Review.
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It was bound to happen…a woman in California has filed suit against Microsoft, alleging that the security holes in its software constitute anunfair and deceptive business practice. Plaintiff’s counsel is trying to get the lawsuit certified as a class action.
The county clerk of Butler County, Ohio thinks so — and she’s asking for the reversal of a ruling that removed all domestic relations information from the Internet.
Interesting…back in April I reported on the fact that the Ohio Legislature was passing laws designed to keep information offline — now they are trying to…
A federal judge in Virginia has given hope to pop-up companies like Gator, ruling that such programs do not violate copyright or trademark law. The judge stated, “Alas, we computer users must endure pop-up advertising along with her ugly brother ‘spam’ as a burden of using the Internet.” Fortunately we have terrific pop-up…
Last week the RIAA offered a “Clean Slate Program,” promising amnesty to those music-sharers who sign an affidavit promising to clean up their act. But a complaint filed in California claims that the program will not shield file-swappers from liability.
If you (or someone you love) is a music downloader, you might want to check out the recording industry’s subpoena username query form. Just plug in your file-sharing username or IP address, and you can find out if a subpoena has been issued for information about your activity.
Last week, the Ninth Circuit held in Batzel v. Smith that website operators cannot be held liable for republishing the defamatory comments of others. Since then, many weblogs have ventured the bold proposition that this holding suggests bloggers cannot be sued for libel.
Wrong. Jack Balkin points out that bloggers can still be held…
A lawsuit has been filed against ChoicePoint and Reed Elsevier alleging that the two companies are obtaining driving information about Florida residents, without the consent of those drivers and registered automobile owners.
Lawsuits like these demonstrate the double-edged sword the Internet presents for doing online research. Although finding information online is easier than ever,…
Back in October search engine and web hosting service SearchKing filed suit against Google, alleging that Google lowered its PageRank as well as the ranking for sites hosted by the company. Last week, a judge in Oklahoma dismissed the lawsuit, finding that:
PageRanks are opinions–opinions of the significance of particular Web sites as
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A judge has ruled that Massachusett’s sexual offender law does not permit the state to post photos and other identifying information on the Internet.
