Facebook users in the UK might start thinking twice before accepting friend requests from people they absolutely don’t know. An English High Court judge allowed two lawyers to serve a defendant they had been unable to contact in person or via email through Facebook. Source. Although courts in Canada, Australia,...
U.S. District Court Judge Nathanael Cousins recently denied Facebook’s motion for default judgment against Faceporn.com, a website operating out of Norway, for trademark infringement. Judge Cousins said the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendants and recommended that the case be dismissed. Facebook originally brought suit against Thomas Pedersen and Retro...
So sayeth the Honorable Philip Pro of the District of Nevada. (source)...
In an opinion so bizarre it is only fitting to be released on Leap Day (February 29), the Seventh Circuit ruled on the appeal in U.S. v. Lucas today. The order is available here, and the case originated from the Western District of Wisconsin. In the appeal, Lucas argues that the...
By J. DeVoy A significant portion of the blogosphere - or at least what I read of it - acts under cover of anonymity. I think this is important, especially given the candid statements these authors make about political matters and issues of public concern - particularly because these sentiments are...
by Vaughn Greenwalt The latest criticism of mass-copyright litigation follows the same mantra of previously-pissed patrons: “I know I stole your porn but I’ll be embarrassed if anyone finds out so you can’t sue me!” Cut the crap already, “shame” is not a legal defense. Lets play fact or fiction with the...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) takes the position that if a website is located at a .com or a .net domain, then they have sufficient ties to the USA to make them fair game for U.S. prosecutors. (source) To understand this position, you need to...
By J. DeVoy Imagine if there was an online database of killers, child abusers, bigots, rapists and liars - and they were all women. Now there is! Register-Her.com, a project started by Paul Elam, a men's rights activist and contributor to The Spearhead, uses a wiki-style webpage to consolidate locally and...
By J. DeVoy I've previously written about the futility of federal proposals to further regulate the internet for copyright infringement. Fellow blogger and colleague Ron Coleman - who participated in a really awesome brief with Marc and I - took note of my prior musings about this topic, focused on the...
By J. DeVoy Pat Leahy seems to actually know a bit about intellectual property law, if you listen to him speak long enough. Based on the failed introduction of COICA in the fall, he's clearly aware of the ravages piracy has caused on the broader recording and entertainment industries, as well...
