Ilaw: News and Views

March

Dismissal of Fair Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against Craigslist Affirmed by 7th Circuit A few years ago, a consortium of Chicago attorneys sued Craigslist alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act via rental postings which contained phrases such as "NO MINORITIES" and "no children." Read some of the background here. The District Court dismissed the suit 14 November 2006, holding that Craigslist was not liable since it could not be "a publisher" of content provided by its users. The 7th Circuit affirmed. Read Chief Judge Easterbrook's opinion here. --DOBrien 19:39, 14 March 2008 (EDT)

Yale is considering blocking JuicyCampus.com an internet gossip site. The site itself raises interesting questions about liable and anonymity on the Internet. March 10, 2008.

Australian Government sticks to guns on internet porn filters, March 6, 2008

The new Labor Government has proposed ... a clean feed. That means under law, your internet service provider 
(ISP) must, if requested, provide a family friendly service that filters out X-rated pornography.

Bank Moves to Withdraw Its Suit Against Wikileaks Site, March 5, 2008

DIA keeps Wi-Fi on the mild side: Denver International Airport filters its WiFi.

Ratemycop.com gets shutdown by its provider: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/godaddy-silence.html

In-Class References

March 10

• RIPE analysis on the Pakistani YouTube "hijacking": video diagramming the traffic mis-routed to the Pakistan ISP
• “The Connection Has Been Reset”, Atlantic Monthly on the Chinese Firewall
• Quova location tracking
• Tor anonymizing software and network

March 12

• Whois tools: http://uwhois.com/ or http://whois.domaintools.com/
• http://www.nytimes.com/ref/topnews/blog-index.html
• http://juicycampus.com/privacy_policy.php

March 17

• Image search, cute cats or infringement?: http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=kittens
• Bonsai Kitten: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai_Kitten