Lori Drew Trial To Start Next Week
Believe it or not, the criminal case against Lori Drew heads to trial next Tuesday. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles indicted Drew last May for her alleged role in a hoax on MySpace directed at...
View ArticleLori Drew Trial Ongoing, Legal Issues Still Unclear
Lori Drew's trial for allegedly violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) began this week. There has been some great coverage of the proceedings, including the following highlights:...
View ArticleJury Finds Lori Drew Not Guilty on Felony Charges
Wired/Threat Level reports: Lori Drew, the 49-year-old woman charged in the first federal cyberbullying case, was cleared of felony computer-hacking charges by a jury Wednesday morning, but convicted...
View ArticleAnother Reminder to Choose Your Hosting Service Carefully
My colleague Ethan Zuckerman just put up a disturbing post about Kubatana, a prominent Zimbabwean NGO, which saw its site taken down because its hosting provider, Bluehost, got cold feet after it...
View ArticleDrew (Tentatively) Acquitted in MySpace Suicide Case
A federal judge yesterday tentatively acquitted Lori Drew, the Missouri woman convicted for her involvement in a MySpace “cyberbullying” hoax that allegedly resulted in a young girl’s suicide. If it...
View ArticleThe New Intellectual Arms Trade: Amazon and B&N as Literary God-Emperors
When we were kids, we couldn’t wait for the future to hurry up and get here. Flying cars, pills for food, conveyor belts, the works. What we didn’t understand was that the future would arrive in...
View ArticleJudge Issues Opinion Overturning Lori Drew's Conviction
As originally reported by Orin Kerr at The Volokh Conspiracy, a federal district judge in California issued an opinion on Friday overturning the jury verdict finding Lori Drew guilty of a misdemeanor...
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Mi Casa Es Su Casa — But I Set the Rules
Paul Klocko got a surprise in the mail in April: a letter on official stationary from Weston, Wisconsin administrator Dean Zuleger, demanding that Klocko stop posting comments on the web criticizing...
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His Identity Revealed, Publisher of Glenn Beck Parody Site Comes Out Swinging
We reported earlier this month that Glenn Beck filed a UDRP action against glennbeckrapedandmurdereda younggirlin1990.com seeking transfer of the domain name. Beck alleges that the website, which...
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Sorry Jack Thompson, Your Comprehension of Section 230 Is in Another Castle!
On this blog, I typically write about frivolous or ill-considered lawsuits. In the long, long ago, before I came to law school, I wrote about video games. So imagine my unbridled joy upon reading that...
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NEEEEEDDDD BRAAAAINNS: MPAA Resurrects Plan to Take the R Out of DVRs
Between sparkling vampires and slobbering zombies, the Undead have found new life at the box office these days. So it makes sense that the MPAA, inspired by the success of the long deceased, has...
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Back in Court, GateHouse Gives Not Great News Based on Creative Commons License
GateHouse Media, Inc., a publisher of local newspapers is suing That's Great News, LLC (TGN) in Illinois federal district court, claiming breach of contract and copyright infringement. (See our threat...
View ArticleSocial Media Policies: Fed Labor Law Problem?
A Connecticut company suspended and then fired an employee for making disparaging comments on Facebook about the company and about her supervisor.Not in dispute is that the employee’s actions violated...
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Copyright of “Public Facts”: Craigslist v. PadMapper
Craigslist was meant for the common good, or as founder Craig Newmark puts it, “doing well by doing good.” At least, that has been its announced mission since it began as an email distribution among...
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Massachusetts Courts Mull Right of Access to Deceased Family Members' E-mail
A case in the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, Ajemian v. Yahoo!, Inc., decided on May 7, is the latest case dealing with ownership of digital assets after death. Plaintiffs, Marianne Ajemian and Robert...
View ArticleLori Drew Trial To Start Next Week
Believe it or not, the criminal case against Lori Drew heads to trial next Tuesday. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles indicted Drew last May for her alleged role in a hoax on MySpace directed at...
View ArticleLori Drew Trial Ongoing, Legal Issues Still Unclear
Lori Drew's trial for allegedly violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) began this week. There has been some great coverage of the proceedings, including the following highlights:...
View ArticleJury Finds Lori Drew Not Guilty on Felony Charges
Wired/Threat Level reports: Lori Drew, the 49-year-old woman charged in the first federal cyberbullying case, was cleared of felony computer-hacking charges by a jury Wednesday morning, but convicted...
View ArticleAnother Reminder to Choose Your Hosting Service Carefully
My colleague Ethan Zuckerman just put up a disturbing post about Kubatana, a prominent Zimbabwean NGO, which saw its site taken down because its hosting provider, Bluehost, got cold feet after it...
View ArticleDrew (Tentatively) Acquitted in MySpace Suicide Case
A federal judge yesterday tentatively acquitted Lori Drew, the Missouri woman convicted for her involvement in a MySpace “cyberbullying” hoax that allegedly resulted in a young girl’s suicide. If it...
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