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Archive for November, 2010

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-30

November 30th, 2010

PayPal Looks Beyond eBay to a Mobile Future http://nyti.ms/ffD40m #
StatSheet Is Writing Sports Stories With Software – is there copyright in "robot journalism? http://nyti.ms/gI7KI7 #
WikiLeaked Diplomatic Cables Confirm China’s Politburo Was Behind Google Hacking Incident http://bit.ly/eK0Ikx #
WikiLeaks: We are under denial of service attack http://bit.ly/dGfEeJ #
Laptop theft costs law firm £60000 for breach of UK Data Protection Act http://bit.ly/e8Ew62 #
Privacy in the cloud for Canadian universities http://bit.ly/ebVhep #
Employers May Need to Implement Social Media Employment Policies http://bit.ly/ehRxgm #
COICA: First Amendment http://bit.ly/gWjvAg #

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Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-29

November 29th, 2010

University of Calgary appeals Facebook ruling – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/eIB7Tc #
Writers take out ad in Globe http://bit.ly/g18FUj #
Should artists take government handouts instead of rights to make a living? http://bit.ly/dJtIay #
Online shopping blocked at many Canadian workplaces http://bit.ly/dUyN09 #
Computer and Internet Law Weekly Updates for 2010-11-28 http://goo.gl/fb/hixFf #
Social media sites may reveal too much about you and can get you fired, maybe http://bit.ly/eoVKfJ #
EU Has Trouble Digesting Law on Internet Cookies http://bit.ly/hrLyba #
More on the Supreme Court Gomboc decision on privacy http://bit.ly/gV4ndl #

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Computer and Internet Law Weekly Updates for 2010-11-28

November 28th, 2010

US court enforces clickwrap agreement in Runningman, LLC v. Nagsak Co. of West LaFayette, Inc. 2010 WL 4163501 (Table) #
Facebook Removing Gmail From List Of Third Party Email Providers http://tcrn.ch/cOCSwF #
Time Warner Balks At Subpoenas In Mass Copyright Suits http://bit.ly/brL3Ks #
Former SGI Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Apple http://bit.ly/cdo1jv #
Edelman on Google’s Ranking of its Services http://bit.ly/daAyBF #
The Sharks are Circling Parallel Importers of Trademarked Goods in Australia http://bit.ly/bJJCPB #
Tech investors call for patent reform http://politi.co/9Zbpmt #
India: Is Forwarding Emails A Crime? http://bit.ly/8Xe1qY #

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The Pirate Bay operators lose criminal appeal and sent to prison

November 27th, 2010

The Swedish Court of Appeal affirmed the legal liability of the operators of the Pirate Bay. A video from the court is shown below. Meanwhile IsoHunt and its founder Gary Fung await a ruling from a California court on whether they are liable for contempt of the injunction order of Judge Wilson by continuing to operate the IsoHunt BitTorrent website in violation of the injunction.

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Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-27

November 27th, 2010

Facebook closer to trademarking ‘face’ http://bit.ly/fnCTAq #
MuchMusic loses CRTC bid to cut music video content http://bit.ly/fqdwnR #
Internet abuse secrecy by Provincial employees an outrage: Opposition http://bit.ly/hqzxOw #
U.N. Takes Stand Against Freedom of Speech, Religion – This Week in Online Tyranny http://nyti.ms/fTFcjt #
DC circuit denies en ban review of decision of whether warrant required for gps tracking with reasons here http://bit.ly/fHPebT #
MIT Media Lab Hacks the Kinect for Browser Navigation With Gestures (Video) http://nyti.ms/eOBlLu #
Deep Packet Inspection Circles Back for a Second Look by ISPs http://nyti.ms/ffzfBN #

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Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-26

November 26th, 2010

Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-25 http://goo.gl/fb/onVwc #
ACTRA responds to Michael Geist on C-32 http://ow.ly/3fDzA #
UK case finds on demand stream to be a communication to the public in ITV Broadcasting v TV Catch [2010] EWHC 3063 (Ch) http://bit.ly/efX1hn #
Studio Mogul and Former Triumph Member Gil Moore Supports protecting copyrights http://bit.ly/hgc9lc #
Heritage Minister not opposed to MP3 levy – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/fUEDxu #
Metric and Tragically Hip Among 350 Artists Challenging Canadian Copyright Bill http://aol.it/eK59R5 #
CBC News – Balanced copyright act needed, MPs agree http://bit.ly/e39l8K #

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Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-25

November 25th, 2010

Computer destroyed during litigation in Trustees of The Saint John (City) Employee Pension Plan v. Ferguson http://bit.ly/hnlwq9 #
COICA: Due Process concerns are not made out http://bit.ly/ertuvB #
Oracle Wins $1.3 Billion Verdict for Closed SAP Unit's Illegal Downloading http://bit.ly/heojkK #
Microsoft Wins Copyright Damages from China Web Café http://bit.ly/fSIBmB #
Gawker Agrees Not to Repost Palin Excerpts http://nyti.ms/fYSpw2 #
EMI Seeks to Bar EFF From Cloud-Music Case http://bit.ly/fEynil #
Liberty Media Holdings Sues Manwin Canada for Copyright Infringement http://bit.ly/i0W1ie #
Steve Jobs Action Figure Taken Off Market http://bit.ly/fnlSBX #

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Separating copyright fiction from facts about C-32’s TPM provisions

November 24th, 2010

Earlier this week Prof. Geist wrote an opinion piece in the Toronto Star in which he purported to separate “copyright facts from fiction”. His opinion piece, Separating copyright facts from fiction, followed by another blog post this week, The False Link Between Locks and Levies, are two in a series of blog posts and opinion pieces written by him recently that purport to expose as inaccurate statements made about Bill C-32 by various individuals and organizations. See: Responding to ACTRA: Group Calls C-32 a “Disaster” and Proposes Six Part Fix; Copyright Fear Mongering Hits a New High: Writers Groups Post Their C-32 Brief; In Search of A Compromise on Copyright; EU: ACTA Digital Lock Rules Don’t Cover Access Controls.

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Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-24

November 24th, 2010

SAS: ‘And another question…’ http://bit.ly/i74ZHl #
In win for networks, federal judge issues temporary restraining order against FilmOn.com in the US http://lat.ms/foNv9p #
Usher ‘Caught Up’ in Copyright Lawsuit http://aol.it/hsJWlX #
Why do football fixtures deserve copyright protection? (Appeal edition) http://bit.ly/e8EDRJ #
MediaPost Publications Viacom Fights Back, Blocks Google TV http://bit.ly/hc1BJx #
Judge Orders Names Revealed in Mass Copyright Lawsuit in US http://bit.ly/fK58A7 #
Daily Mail accused of copyright infringement, once again http://bit.ly/eBatOA #
IP Osgoode Digital Locks, Circumvention and The Copyright Reforms Proposed By Bill C-32 http://bit.ly/fxD4Tw #

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Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2010-11-23

November 23rd, 2010

Palin publisher sues blog over leaks http://bit.ly/cd5Q92 #
Spotify’s £16.66m Loss In 2009 – A Rumoured U.S. Launch Is Now Imperative http://bit.ly/cYqfNK #
Cyberthieves still rely on human foot soldiers http://bit.ly/bwWlL4 #
An iPad Newspaper From News Corp. http://nyti.ms/dfzJ3Z #
Top Trends of 2010 – Growth of eBooks & eReaders – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/ckBRn6 #
Lamebook pokes Facebook: you’ve been served http://bit.ly/ar2Jg9 #
Is India Ready For Cloud Computing? Privacy laws need updating http://bit.ly/9KsQup #
US data protection laws spur encryption take-up http://bit.ly/bHHIpo #
EU can't regulate cookies – That is the way it all crumbles http://bit.ly/bKcEr0 #

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