Ilaw: News and Views
March
The New York Times ran an article about Rickrolling. Yes, that is a link to the article. Snitty 08:14, 24 March 2008 (EDT)
In a baffling interpretation of law certain companies have been using the DMCA to coerce websites to take down 3D models of the companies products, claiming that these models, which are not being used in commerce, are violating the companies trademark. The companies are conveniently ignoring both that there is no trademark infringement, and that the DMCA is a copyright act. Snitty 14:47, 22 March 2008 (EDT)
BetaLeaks, a website specifically set up to solicit NDA-breaking information from beta testers of upcoming MMOGS and other online games. One blogger's analysis. --Dominik 16:40, 20 March 2008 (EDT)
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
- âThe Connection Has Been Resetâ, 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
March 19
- Open Source Group is 4 For 4 on GPL Lawsuits
- Wikimedia Commons: Upload
- Sequoia an electronic voting machine maker is threatening to sue over the possibility of people checking the security of their machines in New Jersey http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1265
Student Submissions
Larry Lessig leverages latent challenges against legislators via Wiki: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/stanford-law-pr.html