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Ron Paul not allowed to find out who posted mean video about Jon Huntsman on YouTube

Evan Brown (@internetcases) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:33:36 +0000

Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. v. Does, 12-00240 (N.D. Cal. January 25, 2012) (Hat tip to Venkat for posting a link to this decision.) Ron Paul’s campaign — Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. — sued some John Doe defendants in federal court over an offensive video attacking former (but then current) [...]

No deposition of account holder allowed until he is named as defendant in BitTorrent copyright case

Evan Brown (@internetcases) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:44:32 +0000

Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Doe, 2012 WL 90412 (E.D. Cal. July 11, 2012) In a mass copyright infringement suit, plaintiff served a subpoena on an internet service provider and got the identifying information for the account holder suspected of trading a copy of a movie via BitTorrent. The account holder was uncooperative with plaintiff’s [...]

Live Tweeting from the ‘Restaurant of Broken Dreams’

Justin Silverman — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:08:34 +0000

When web developer Andy Boyle overheard a couple discussing their marital woes in a Burger King in Boston on Nov. 7, he immediately recognized the entertainment value and began tweeting a play-by-play. “I’m listening to a marriage disintegrate ...

Video: my appearance on the news talking about isanyoneup.com

Evan Brown (@internetcases) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:05:23 +0000

Last night I appeared in a piece that aired on the 9 o’clock news here in Chicago, talking about the legal issues surrounding isanyoneup.com. (That site is definitely NSFW and I’m not linking to it because it doesn’t deserve the page rank help.) The site presents some interesting legal questions, like whether and to what [...]

Which VPN Providers Really Take Anonymity Seriously?

enigmax — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:01:50 +0000

Last month it became apparent that not all VPN providers live up to their marketing after an alleged member of Lulzsec was tracked down after using a supposedly anonymous service from HideMyAss. We wanted to know which VPN providers take privacy extremely seriously so we asked many of the leading providers two very straightforward questions. Their responses will be of interest to anyone concerned with anonymity issues.

Source: Which VPN Providers Really Take Anonymity Seriously?

ISP Gets Identity-Seeking Subpoena Vacated

John Sharkey — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:50:12 +0000

From the credit-where-credit's-due department (with the requisite hat-tip to David Ardia's Twitter account): I've written previously about clothing company Façonnable's lawsuit against an anonymous Wikipedia editor. To sum up: The company sued a p...

At the Intersection of Anti-SLAPP and Anonymity

John Sharkey — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:08:00 +0000

Consider two cases: In Colorado, clothing company Façonnable is attempting to sue an anonymous Wikipedia editor (or, possibly, more than one; the number is sort of up in the air) over some unflattering edits to the company's Wikipedia page. But firs...

Façonnable USA Corp. v. John Does 1-10

CMLP Staff — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:28:08 +0000

Court deals blow to anonymous Bittorrent defendants’ efforts to challenge subpoenas

Evan Brown (@internetcases) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:50:31 +0000

West Coast Productions v. Does 1 – 5,829, — F.Supp.2d —, 2011 WL 2292239 (D.D.C. June 10, 2011) The judge in one of the well-known mass copyright cases filed by Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver a/k/a U.S. Copyright Group (West Coast Productions v. Does 1 – 5,829) has issued an order denying motions to quash filed [...]

District judge stays magistrate’s order requiring identification of anonymous defendants

Jonathan Rogers (@jonarogers) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:55:05 +0000

This is a post by Jonathan Rogers. Jon is a licensed attorney in California, with a focus on technology and entertainment law. You can reach him by email at jon@jonarogers.com or follow him on Twitter at @jonarogers. Faconnable USA Corp. v. Doe, Slip Copy, 2011 WL 2173736 (D.Colo., Jun 2, 2011) Faconnable issued a subpoena duces tecum [...]