Publishing child sex abuse victim’s name on the web was not a privacy violation
Doe v. Fankhauser, 2010 WL 4702295 (N.D. Ohio, November 30, 2010) County clerk immune from law suit over posting court document on government website. Plaintiff Jane Doe was the victim of physical and sexual abuse when she was a minor. In the criminal case against the perpetrator, Doe’s name was redacted, and she and her [...]
Court allows early discovery to reveal identity of anonymous libel defendant
[This is a guest post by attorney Caroline Belich. Caroline is a Chicago native, former Michigan State volleyball player, and recent admitee to the California bar with particular interest in the First Amendment.] Zoosk Inc. v. Does, 2010 WL 5115670 (N.D. Cal. December 9, 2011) The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California [...]
Another massive porn Bittorrent copyright lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois
MCGIP, LLC v. Does 1-1,164, No. 10-7675 (N.D.Ill., filed December 2, 2010) [Download Complaint] Filing of copyright infringement complaint will be precursor to more subpoenas seeking to identify unknown file-sharing defendants. Another porn company has filed a copyright lawsuit against hundreds of anonymous John Doe defendants who allegedly used the Bittorrent protocol to trade plaintiffs’ [...]
Section 230 shields Google from liability for anonymous defamation
Black v. Google Inc., 2010 WL 3746474 (N.D.Cal. September 20, 2010) Back in August, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit against Google brought by two pro se plaintiffs, holding that the action was barred under the immunity provisions of 47 USC 230. That section says that “[n]o provider [...]
Court orders anonymous accused Bittorrent defendants to be identified
West Bay One v. Does 1 – 1,653, — F.Supp.2d. —, 2010 WL 3522265 (D.D.C. September 10, 2010) Achte/Neunte Boll Kino Beteiligungs v. Does 1 – 4,577, — F.Supp.2d —, 2010 WL 3522256 (D.D.C. September 10, 2010) In mass copyright infringement cases against alleged traders of copyrighted movies via Bittorrent, unknown defendants had no reasonable [...]
New copyright lawsuits go after porn on Bittorrent
Three adult media entertainment producers filed suit yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging copyright infringement against hundreds of anonymous defendants accused of trading videos using Bittorrent. This kind of action resembles the much-criticized mass litigation undertaken by the U.S. Copyright Group against hordes of unknown accused Bittorrent users [...]
Was on Fox News Chicago talking about defamation and anonymity
I enjoyed talking with Anna Devlantes and Corey McPherrin this morning on our local Fox affiliate’s morning program about defamation online and the challenging problem of unmasking anonymous defendants. The video is embedded below, or you can go here if it’s not showing up in the RSS feed.
Electronic Voting Researcher Arrested Over Anonymous Source
Updates:
8/28
Alex Halderman: Indian E-Voting Researcher Freed After Seven Days in Police Custody
8/26
Alex Halderman: Indian E-Voting Researcher Remains in Police Custody
8/24
Ed Felten: It’s Time for India to Face its E-Voting Problem
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Hey, When Did This Slope Get so Slippery? The Danger of Self-Surveillance in Three-Strikes Internet Laws
I recall a Twilight Zone episode with a great twist: a man, in order to win a bet that he could stay quiet for an entire year, has had his vocal cords severed. The idea being, it is particularly gruesome to imagine a human being rendered mute for mone…
Ninth Circuit Weighs In On Internet Anonymity, Consumer Griping At Risk
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last Monday in In re: Anonymous Online Speakers, No. 09-71265 (9th Cir. July 12, 2010), a case that could be influential for future courts deciding whether to order the identification of anonymous o…
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