In September, I mentioned the case filed by the Author’s Guild over the Google Print initiative. Today, the Publishers have joined in. Here is a link to the press release from the Association of American Publishers. “The publishing industry is united behind this lawsuit against Google and united in the fight to defend their rights,”…
Category: Cases
Anonymous Blogging Upheld
The recent decision of the Delaware Supreme Court in Doe v. Cahill is interesting. Evan Brown of InternetCases.com gives a great summary of the case in his posting today. The higher standard used by the Court before it would unmask the identity of the anonymous blogger is a good practice. The requester was required to…
New Case: Google Print Snafu
The recent filing of a lawsuit over Google’s new planned Google Print program has raised the bar from an academic discussion of whether the program violates copyright into a full-fledged dispute. There has been some interesting and well-reasoned discussion about it. Fred Von Lohmann of the EFF analyzed it from a fair-use point of view….
Case Summary: Davidson v. Internet Gateway
An interesting decision from the 8th Circuit, Davidson involves an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the plaintiffs. Davidson does business as Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., creator of popular online cooperative games like Warcraft II. In order to play a game like Warcraft II online, Blizzard’s game connects to its Battle.net servers with a…
Must Read: Inside the Cisco/Lynn Controversy
For those of you who don’t know, Michael Lynn gave a speech at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas on July 26th that has erupted into controversy. The topic? A revelation of the vulnerabilities in the Cisco routers that are the backbone of the Internet. He had to quit his job before doing it,…
MGM v Grokster
Rather than try to outwrite the law professors and pundits, I chose not to blog about the Supreme Court’s decision in Grokster right away. I agree that the Court has punted the hard decision of deciding how to apply Sony – the majority opinion avoids the issue, and the two concurring opinions take different stances….
The value of Blogs
As a lawyer, I rely on my digital devices to aid me in my practice. I enjoy learning, and I try to find ways to incorporate that into my routine. As an example of how this works in my daily life, here is what happened last Friday: 1) Kevin J. Heller posted at his Tech…