Legal News

Stopping the Stop Online Piracy Act
(David Post) In several recent postings (here and here, for example) I called on all interested persons to come to the Internet?s defense against a spate of truly dreadful bills now making their way through Congress (the ?Protect IP Act? and SOPA, the ?Stop Online Piracy Act?)...

SOPA/PIPA vs a Crowdsourced Alternative, the OPEN Act
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) recently released a public draft of the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act as a bi-partisan alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the...

SOPA and other @Cyberlaw Links
The news this week has been dominated by discussions of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, that had congressional hearings this week. I really liked the following discussions of SOPA: Why I Oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)/E-PARASITES Act Eric Goldman has a great summary of the bill and its problems...

SOPA Goes To A (Carefully Managed) Hearing
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is headed to a hearing today before the full House Judiciary Committee. Well, we?ll call it a hearing because there is at least one party testifying that opposes the bill, and that is Katherine...

Google chairman says online piracy bill would criminalize and break the Internet
The Hill: Schmidt said the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would punish Web firms, including search engines, that link to foreign websites dedicated to online piracy. He said implementing the bill as written would effectively break the Internet.

MORE ON THE HORRIBLE STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT: NBC Universal Threatens Partners That They Need To S
MORE ON THE HORRIBLE “STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT:” NBC Universal Threatens Partners That They Need To Sign ‘Grassroots’ Support Of SOPA/PIPA Or It Might Have To Drop Them...

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Feature Film Piracy
Chinese company settles piracy suit with Hollywood studios.

Online Ticket Vendor
Buying Tickets Online That Never Arrive

Kimkins
alleging false advertising of online dieting.

Online Medication Sites
Prescription Drugs Sold Without Prescriptions

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.