Robert Sikoryak and His Comic Terms and Conditions Note: Our interview with Stan Stahl has been postponed due to a death of a colleague. Instead, we will be airing our previously recorded but not yet aired discussion with Robert Sikoryak. Listen Live or Download Here We continue our Miami Book Fair author series by airing…
Recent Decisions – Consumers Bound By Web Agreements Where They Had Notice In August, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a Barnes & Noble’s motion to compel arbitration per the website’s user agreement, when the agreement was strictly a “browse-wrap agreement” and there was no evidence users were on notice of the agreement. We…
KLEARGEAR.COM THE NEW WARD THOMAS FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY HONOREE Think of WTF University as the fictitious online equivalent to Animal House’s Faber College (whose motto was “Knowledge is Good”), specializing in the study of self-inflicted cyber wounds. (“SICWs”) Over the past few years we have seen some remarkable SICWs such as: Charles Carreon who in 2011…
Zappos Browsewrap Agreement Unenforceable Zappos had sought to block a class action lawsuit stemming from its data breach earlier this year by reliance on terms and conditions requiring arbitration of such claims and prohibiting class actions. The problem is, however, is that Zappos’ terms and conditions are what is known as a “Browsewrap Agreement” in…
LAST WEEK 2012 Presidential Election and Obama Re-Election Insights and Aftermath SEGMENT 1 10:00AM Pacific Has Moscow Become the Cyber Crime Outlet Mall? with Rik Fergus – Director of Security Research and Communication at Trend Micro Link SEGMENT 2 10:30 AM Pacific The Not So Fine Fine Print with Andrew Couts – Digital Trends…
SEGMENT 2: THE NOT SO FINE FINE PRINT With Andrew Couts, Digital Trends Staff Writer Andrew Couts writes a Terms and Conditions column critiquing one-sided terms and conditions and he discusses some of the more controversial provisions so we can avoid South Park Syndrome. ABOUT THE GUEST A staff Writer for Digital Trends, Andrew Couts…
ERIC GOLDMAN ON ZAPPOS’ BROWSEWRAP DEFEAT AND STATE INTERNET REGULATION Eric Goldman discusses his recent blog post “How Zappos’ User Agreement Failed In Court and Left Zappos Legally Naked” in which the court refused to enforce Zappos’ arbitration clause. We also discuss state regulation of the internet with recent cases involving Backpage. Eric Goldman is a…
38 AGs Seeing Red Over craigslist’s Red Light District Thirty-eight state Attorneys General have claimed that craigslist has failed to live up to its promises to fight online prostitution” and have subpoenaed the online classified giant over its practices. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (an overwhelming favorite to succeed retiring Senator Chris Dodd) complained that…
Cyber Report 