
Teacher Arrested for Anonymous Blog CommentPosted 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 GooglePosted 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 AgencyPosted 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 PornPosted 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 GooglePosted 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 DownPosted 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 WorkPosted 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 AdvertisingPosted 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 CasePosted 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 BanPosted 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 InterferingPosted 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 LawsuitPosted 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 BayPosted 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 GroundsPosted 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 ConvictionPosted 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 CourtPosted 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 TaxesPosted 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 ConvictionsPosted 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 DomainsPosted 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 InfringementPosted 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 BanPosted 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 LawyerPosted 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 PlanPosted 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 StandardsPosted 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 AppealPosted 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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