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Teacher Arrested for Anonymous Blog Comment

Posted Friday, December 7, 2007 1:54 PM

High-school chemistry teacher James Buss was arrested last week after praising the Columbine High School shooters in an anonymous comment on the Boots and Sabers political blog.

German Adult Site Urges Arcor to Block Google

Posted Friday, December 7, 2007 10:17 AM

Huch Medien GmbH, operator of adult site Amateurstar.de, has filed for expedited proceedings to block Google.de and Google.com.

Copyright Bill Seeks to Up Penalties, Create Agency

Posted Thursday, December 6, 2007 4:46 PM

The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a 69-page bill that would increase civil penalties and criminal enforcement for copyright infringement and create a federal agency to oversee crackdowns.

House of Reps Ups Penalties On Child Porn

Posted Wednesday, December 5, 2007 6:27 PM

Tougher penalties could be the fate of Internet service providers under a bill passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives.

Perfect 10 Gets Perfect Zero On Thumbnail Suit Against Amazon and Google

Posted Tuesday, December 4, 2007 5:45 PM

Perfect 10, Inc. lost its appeal on Monday of a partially-granted preliminary injunction motion to keep Amazon.com and Google, Inc. from reproducing thumbnail photos of its models.

Largest BitTorrent Site in Iceland Shut Down

Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 5:06 PM

A coalition of anti-piracy organizations has forced Torrent.is, the largest BitTorrent site in Iceland, to go offline in the first related lawsuit the country has seen.

Teacher Suspended for After-Hours Porn Work

Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:50 PM

Schoolteacher Anna Ciriani has been suspended from her job because of her online moonlighting as hardcore porn star “Madameweb,” authorities reported last week.

European Union Sets Sights on Targeted Web Advertising

Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:00 AM

A crackdown on targeted online advertising in the European Union, prompted by concerns about privacy, may be in the works for 2008.

Defense Files Petition in Ray Guhn Case

Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 12:44 PM

Defense attorneys in the obscenity case of Clinton McCowen, aka Ray Guhn, have filed a petition for a writ of prohibition, seeking to halt exercising jurisdiction over the alleged offenses.

Lawmakers Step Up Fight Against Internet-Gambling Ban

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:33 PM

U.S. Rep. and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank sent a letter this week to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, urging an alteration of its ban on Internet gambling.

Lawsuit Accuses Comcast of Interfering

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:39 AM

Despite having told customers it does not block or slow access to peer-to-peer file-sharing sites, Comcast Corp. is the subject of a class-action lawsuit claiming the opposite.

Take-Two Interactive to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit

Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 1:15 PM

Video-game publisher Take-Two Interactive announced Friday that it plans to settle a class-action lawsuit surrounding the Hot Coffee download.

Prosecutor Plans to File Charges Against The Pirate Bay

Posted Sunday, November 11, 2007 5:00 AM

Prosecutor Hakan Roswal announced this week he plans to file copyright-infringement charges against five people associated with The Pirate Bay before Jan. 31, 2008.

Group Calls for COPA’s Overturn on Free-Speech Grounds

Posted Friday, November 9, 2007 4:54 PM

The Center for Democracy and Technology filed a “friend of the court” brief in a federal appeals court last week, claiming that the Child Online Protection Act violates the First Amendment.

Utah Court Upholds Child-Porn Conviction

Posted Friday, November 2, 2007 5:51 PM

The Utah Supreme Court upheld the possession of child pornography conviction of a Utah woman, despite her attorney’s claims the law used to convict her was deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court five years ago.

Child-Porn Law Under Review by Supreme Court

Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:48 PM

The U.S. Supreme Court began examining the constitutionality of the PROTECT Act of 2003 on Tuesday to determine whether the child-pornography law's language is overly vague and broad.

House Approves Senate's Ban on Internet Taxes

Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:30 PM

Just days before it was set to expire, a bill to extend a moratorium on Internet access taxes was unanimously approved by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Defendants Appeal CAN-SPAM Convictions

Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 2:32 PM

Jeffrey Kilbride and James Schaffer have filed appeals to their convictions of obscenity, money laundering and criminal violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.

Virginia Attorney Sues Wild West Domains

Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 2:03 PM

An attorney is suing the owners of Wild West Domains, accusing them of "cybersquatting" and "porn-napping."

RIAA Sues Usenet for Aiding Copyright Infringement

Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:22 PM

The Recording Industry Association of America filed a lawsuit on Oct. 12 against Usenet.com, claiming that the service enables illegal downloading and sharing of copyrighted recordings.

House OKs Extension of Internet Tax Ban

Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:40 PM

The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a four-year extension of a moratorium on Internet-access taxes that is set to expire on Nov. 1.

Joe Elkind Seeks Trial in Case Against Lawyer

Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:54 PM

The legal battle between Joe Elkind and John Bennett has taken a turn, with Elkind claiming his former attorney plotted against him.

Facebook, N.Y. Attorney General Set Anti-Obscenity Plan

Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:19 PM

Under an agreement with N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Facebook has promised to address reports of obscene material.

Ray Guhn Case to Depend on Community Standards

Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:50 AM

Circuit Court Judge Ron Swanson ruled Tuesday that the community standards of a four-county area will be used in determining whether videos Ray Guhn produced are obscene.

Defendants in CAN-SPAM Case Change Lawyers for Appeal

Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:00 AM

Two men who were convicted Friday of obscenity, money laundering and criminal violations of the CAN-SPAM Act have hired new lawyers to handle their conviction appeals.

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