“Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press” Director Brian Knappenberger In March 2016, a Florida jury returned a $140 million verdict in favor of Terry Bollea aka Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media for publishing a tape of him having sex with the wife of his best friend (shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge). As the verdict…
In February, Donald Trump declared war on the First Amendment by saying that if he wins: We’re going to open up those libel laws. So when The New York Times writes a hit piece which is a total disgrace or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we…
9th Circuit Reverses “Innocence of Muslims” Ban In July 2012 a trailer for the film, “The Innocence of Muslims” was released on YouTube and sparked outrage in the Islamic community that included protests that resulted in over 50 deaths and Fatwas and death threats for movie participants. It was banned in a number of Islamic…
Featuring Popehat’s Ken White and DigitalLA’s Kevin Winston. NEWS Federal Court Opens ADA Floodgates to Streaming Video Content A Massachusetts federal judge has held that streaming video is subject to Americans with Disabilities Act in rejecting Neftlix motion to dismiss claim by National Association of Deaf that failing to close caption streaming video violates the…
Lawyers Behaving Badly Popehat’s Ken White sheds light on the strangest kerfuffle to hit the internet in some time. Round 1 June 2, 2012 Charles Carreon sends demand letter to Matthew Inman claiming false statement made is copyright infringement and requests $20,000. Round 2 June 11, 2012 Inman responds with challenge that he will raise…
TED’S TUBES Year of the Hacker (Con’t) Tennessee Cyber Harassment and Cal Data Breach Update SSL Certificate Provider DigiNotar Hacked, CIA Among Victims DigiNotar, a Dutch SSL certificate authority, has belatedly revealed that in July hackers caused over 500 fraudulent certificates to be issued including certificates for Facebook, Skype, Mozilla, Microsoft Yahoo, Android, Twitter and domains owned…
Amazon Victory in NC, Trouble at the Alamo A federal judge has blocked the North Carolina Department of Revenue from requiring that Amazon disclose in-state cust0mer names and the details of their purchases, ruling that “the disclosure of the identities and detailed information as to the expressive content of Amazons’ customers’ purchases will have a…
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