by Anne Phillips | Sep 28, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the term “marketplace of ideas” in his 1919 Abrams v. United States dissent. He compared freedom of information to the economic idea of the “free market,” in which the quality of a product determines consumer demand,...
by wellerbe | Sep 17, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
In its recent ruling in Shropshire v. Canning, the Northern District of California denied defendant Aubrey Canning’s motions to dismiss plaintiff Elmo Shropshire’s claims against him for copyright infringement. Yes, that Elmo Shropshire—also known as Dr. Elmo, the...
by anickow | Apr 13, 2011 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Norman Leboon was sentenced Thursday to 24 more months of jail, plus three years’ supervised release. His crime? Threatening Congressman Eric Cantor. What makes the case slightly relevant for this blog is the nature of the threat—a Youtube video. Unfortunately his...
by julzb | Feb 2, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
Since the RIAA ended its campaign against music file sharers, a new group of lawsuits targeting users of p2p networks like BitTorrent have been making headlines. Private law firms representing copyright owners of motion pictures have, to date, served notices on...
by mstorey | Jan 30, 2011 | Cases, Legislation/Regulations |
Ignorance of the law is not a defense, as two Illinois citizens have recently discovered. Christopher Drew and Tiawanda Moore are both facing up to fifteen years in prison for crimes that they did not realize they were committing. The New York Times recently...
by mstorey | Jan 11, 2011 | Cases |
With cell phone communication among teenagers rising, public school administrators are confronting new challenges such as sexting and cyberbullying, with little assistance from the legal system on how to handle these behavioral problems. While the Supreme Court has...
