Fourteen federal appellate judges spent more than two hours talking about high school pranks on Thursday as the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sat en banc to consider a pair of cutting-edge First Amendment cases brought by students who were suspended for ridiculing their principals on MySpace.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania [...]
Judge Stephen Wilson of the US District Court of California, Southern District issued a permanent injunction against the popular torrent site Isohunt yesterday, forcing the site and its owner Garry Fung to immediately prevent access to virtually all Hollywood movies.
The injunction theoretically leaves the door open [...]
Describing Company’s Pay Packages as ‘Legalized Highway Robbery’ Held Not Defamatory
San Francisco - A federal judge in San Francisco has quashed a baseless subpoena aimed at outing an anonymous online critic of Pennsylvania corporation USA Technologies after the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) successfully argued that the First Amendment shields the identity of anonymous speakers who [...]
In what is a victory for free speech on the Internet, the California Supreme Court ruled recently that no provider or user of an interactive computer service may be held liable for putting material on the Internet that was written by someone else. In doing so, the Court overruled an earlier decision by the Court [...]
Google and an alliance of privacy groups have come to Yahoo’s aid by helping the Web portal fend off a broad request from the U.S. Department of Justice for e-mail messages, CNET has learned.
In a brief filed Tuesday afternoon, the coalition says a search warrant signed by a judge is necessary before the FBI or [...]
Is posting a phony, sexually suggestive ad online about another person free speech, an inappropriate prank, or a felony? That’s what the Missouri court system will decide.
A cyberbullying case in Saint Charles County, Missouri, will test a year-old state law [...]
A federal appeals court has declined to grant a petition by Webcasters to delay the onset of new royalty fees that they argue could imperil their offerings.
In a one-page order filed late Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [...]
TUE JUNE 30, 2009
PITTSBURGH — A skilled San Francisco-based computer hacker who once sought to unite the cyber underworld under his benign rule pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges here Monday, admitting he stole nearly 2 million credit card numbers from banks, businesses and other hackers, which were used to rack up $86 million [...]
LAS VEGAS — With the nightclub Tao swathed in red and black, music pulsated and go-go dancers gyrated on raised platforms along the wall. Everything from the “reserved” signs to the billiard table felt to the models’ Chinese-style dresses bore the same label: “bodog.com.” The only thing missing was the online gambling site’s flamboyant founder, [...]
Joint subcommittee hearing continues probe of behavioral targeting, with legislation expected by year’s end.
WASHINGTON — Two House subcommittees continued their inquiry into the privacy implications of online advertising today, turning their sights on behavioral targeting, the practice of compiling information about users’ Web activities to serve relevant ads.
Today’s joint hearing comes as House leaders are [...]
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