03 Wednesday Apr 2013
Posted in Copyright, District of Oregon, Litigation, Oregon, Privacy
Check out an Answer filed in one of the Oregon download cases:
Remember a time when a concerned father and business owner could talk over and settle a dispute involving a teen son “shoplifting”? The question the rest of us should be asking is whether U.S. federal courts are the ideal place to have those conversations? Keep in mind that the administrative expense of these “collections” lawsuits falls largely on the taxpayer.
26 Tuesday Feb 2013
Posted in Copyright, District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Privacy, Social Media
This is a comprehensive list of Oregon download cases. Follow the links to individual case details. This post will be updated as new cases are filed.
Last update: 4/30/14
27 Sunday May 2012
Posted in Privacy, Social Media
Stories from the Week that Was – 5/20/12-5/26/12
The Failures of the Facebook Generation in the Arab Spring
IP-Address Can’t Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules
Drones Take Flight For Civilian Use
7 Ways To Get Yourself Detained Indefinitely
UK ‘cookie law’ takes effect: What you need to know
“A patent is property carried to the highest degree of abstraction—a right in rem to exclude, without a physical object or content.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes
13 Sunday May 2012
Stories from the Week that Was – 5/6/12-5/12/12
A mid-week election saw Richard Mourdock topple long-standing Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Has anybody bothered to ask Mourdock or (Democrat rival) Joe Donnelly’s thoughts on legislation like CISPA and SNOPA? Not this week, when all the talk was about Zuckerberg’s hoodie and President Obama’s evolution on same-sex marriage.
Why the New gTLDs Don’t Matter
Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech, Judge Rules
Property rights in the cloud: Your data or theirs?
Twitter Defends User In Court Over Occupy Tweets
Think That Email Isn’t a Contract? Think Again
Facebook bans Grooveshark over copyright complaint
How Should We Measure Damages for Defamation Over Social Media?
Mars Rover Opportunity Rolling Again After Winter Break
New NDAA Would Give the Military Clandestine Cyberwar Powers
“All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg
06 Sunday May 2012
Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Patent, Privacy, Social Media, Trademark
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Stories from the Week that Was – 4/29/12-5/5/12
Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?
U.S. Copyright Office Seeks to Raise Rates
Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)
Feds held seized website Dajaz1.com for a year without proof of copyright infringement
“My words and my ideas are my property, and I’ll keep and protect them as surely as I do my stable of unicorns.” ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
29 Sunday Apr 2012
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legislation, Patent, Privacy, Social Media, Trademark
Stories from the Week that Was – 4/22/12-4/28/12
US says intellectual property supports 40 million jobs
How CISPA will affect us [infographic]
Facebook Signs $550M Patent Deal
Judge Adds #Hashtags To Twitter Ruling
House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168
Will ’emoticon defense’ disprove cyberbullying?
“If you value liberty, privacy and the Constitution, then you will vote no on CISPA.” – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga)
21 Saturday Apr 2012
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Stories from the Week that Was – 4/15/12-4/21/12
Internet Groups Launch Anti-CISPA Protest
Survey: Social Media Evidence Soaring in Court Case
“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.” – Ayn Rand
02 Monday Jan 2012
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/26/11-1/1/12
2011 was quite a year. We witnessed intellectual property trump civil liberties time and time again. I’ll continue to archive the most important stories from each week, although I’m no longer certain it’s best for my mental health. Onward and upward (hopefully).
Copyrights Are No Longer About Copies (Part 1): William Patry
Creativity Springs From Careful Copying (Part 2): William Patry
Artists: Can You Be Sued for Including a Real Person in Your Painting?
SOPA is the end of us, say bloggers
Company sues former employee over right to Twitter followers
Scottie Pippie Files Suit Claiming Websites Falsely Labeled Him as Bankrupt; Is Blog Tag Defamatory?
Google+ Censoring Borderline Offensive Profile Images; Author Images in Search Results To Blame?
26 Monday Dec 2011
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/18-12/25/11
Dear Internet: It’s No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
In the eyes of the law, are we all public figures on Facebook?
“The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.” – Eric Allman
11 Sunday Dec 2011
Posted in Intellectual Property, Privacy, Trademark
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/4-12/10/11
Carrier IQ Drops Empty Legal Threat, Apologizes to Security Researcher
Seasteading: Cities on the ocean
‘Eat More Kale’ trademark flap more complex than simple slogan
Bob Marley Heirs Sue Half Brother Over Name Use
“It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.” – Clive James
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