UNMASKING CYBER SMEARERS, RIGHTHAVEN AND PHILLY “BLOG TAX” Ninth Circuit Upholds Revealing Identities of Gripe Site Posters The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court ruling exposing the identity of individuals posting defamatory content on a gripe site. The 9th Circuit deemed the comments to be “commercial speech” (which is entitled to less…
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski Pursues “Third Way” on Net Neutrality Unlike Rep. Boucher, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski has not been hesitant in pursuing his key mission — net neutrality. The net neutrality debate stems from a 2005 Supreme Court ruling affirming a 2002 FCC decision that broadband services were informational services (Title I of…
Websites and Bloggers Targeted By Newspaper Chain; States Split on Shield Law Stevens Media, through a Nevada company known as Right haven, LLC, has filed approximately 11 copyright infringement lawsuits against bloggers and websites. Stevens Media, which owns Newspapers in 9 states including its flagship the Las Vegas Review , has assigned copyrights to some…
TOP STORIES OF 2009 ZERO HOUR APPROACHING ON PRIVACY; NINTH CIRCUIT SHUTS DOOR TO LITIGATION MILLS & NEGATIVE OPTION CRACK DOWN Zero Hour on Privacy Throughout the year, the FTC ratcheted up the rhetoric that action was imminent if the online advertising industry did not move to provide greater privacy safeguards for behavioral targeting. The year ended with…
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