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Revenge porn site founder loses $250k defamation suit
ArsTechnica published an article about a Clark County Court judgment against IsAnyoneUp site founder Hunter Moore for comments he made about Bullyville.com founder James McGibney. Randazza Legal Group represented McGibney
Alleged Copyright Troll Sues Critics
By Jay Wolman In a page out of Rakofsky vs. The Internet, it appears that one of the law firms and attorney groups frequently criticized as representing copyright trolls, Paul
Drones and Privacy Rights
By Jay Wolman Shameless plug: I appeared on Fox 25 Boston last night discussing issues relating to privacy rights and personal use drones that take surveillance video. Link to the
The American Conservative on Copyright Reform
By J. DeVoy Following up on the leaked Republican Study Committee report on copyright law reform from a few months ago, The American Conservative offers this analysis on the political
The de-fanging of 17 U.S.C. § 512(f)
When a university student performed fellatio in a photobooth at her sorority’s formal ball, she probably wasn’t thinking about copyright issues. When the images were, unbeknownst to her, uploaded onto
Revenge porn website operator accused of 'catfishing' to trick woman into sending him nude photos so he upload to site
Daily Mail reports on Randazza Legal Group’s efforts to combat revenge porn websites. IsAnybodyDown.com operator Craig Brittain was accused by two women of impersonating an online identity in order to
Score Another One for Porn
By J. DeVoy Pubic lice (better known as “crabs”) aren’t necessarily going extinct, but reported cases are way down due to brazilian waxing and the pubic grooming trends staked out
Marc Randazza on Steubenville Rape, Defamation, and the Limits to Free Speech
Attorney Marc Randazza recently appeared on Reason.tv to discuss the Steubenville rape case, in which Randazza acted as consulting attorney. Randazza says: The law needs to look at journalism as
Reason TV Interview
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PSA: Use Caution When You Trim Your Junk
According to the Today Show, “pubic hair grooming injuries jumped five-fold between 2000 and 2010.” Good god, people! Be careful down there!
A "separate prom" to avoid homosexuals – homassholes lose
In Sullivan, Indiana, the local high school declined to ban gays and lesbians from bringing their same-sex dates to the prom. So, a group of “christian” students and their parents
Now this is horrible….
USA Today Reports: PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A mob stripped, tortured and bound a woman accused of witchcraft, then burned her alive in front of hundreds of
Revenge porn is “just entertainment,” says owner of IsAnybodyDown
Ars Technica writes about a CBS interview with the proprietor of revenge porn site IsAnybodyDown and the attorney representing some of the victims of the site, Marc Randazza. Randazza says: I can
Viva Hatuey!
On this day in 1512, the Spanish killed Hatuey, the Taíno chief. He led an armed insurrection in Hispaniola for about 10 years, and then in 1511 he and 400
Required Reading – Jordan Rushie on Wisdom
Jordan Rushie writes about what a moron he was as a young associate in, Hubris. I must confess some bias here. I represent Rushie in one little matter. I am
Social media prohibition held unconstitutional
By Andrew J. Contiguglia The 7th Circuit court of appeals Wednesday declared an outright ban on social media usage by convicted sex offenders to be a violation of the First
Richard Marx takes on small time blogger… Marx wins.
Small time blogger writes something mildly lame about Richard Marx. Richard Marx appears to get overly bent out of shape about it. Marx and blogger go back and forth. And,
Drunk Driving Permits
In Ireland, County Kerry Councillor Danny Healy-Rae proposed changing the law to allow drunk driving permits to rural inhabitants. (source) Crazy? Crazier still, it PASSED! Mind you, I don’t really
Mike Masnick Proven Right!
Masnick, over at TechDirt has a philosophy that, if you oversimplify it, boils down to “even if people give your stuff away for free, you can still make money charging
Morgan Freeman at the Inauguration….
George Stephanopoulos thought this was Morgan Freeman. Idiot… anyone can tell that this is Nelson Mandela and Condoleeza Rice.
