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Connectu v. Facebook (and vice versa)
ConnectU is suing Facebook in Massachusetts for copyright infringement, breach of actual or implied contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, unfair business practices, intentional interference with prospective business advantage, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and breach of confidence. Facebook is suing ConnectU in California for business torts and unfair business practices. Read More
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| Abreu v. Slide, Inc. et al | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Plaintiff Christalee Abreu alleged that Defendants Slide, Inc. and Google Inc. violated California laws and common law obligations in its management of an online game called "SuperPoke! Pets" in which users "adopt, name, and care for a virtual pet" and can "interact with their pet, dress it in outfits, and customize the pet's virtual environment." Specifically, Defendants announced that it was canceling its service after customers had spent real dollars on virtual currency, goods and property. | ||
| Calibrait, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Facebook, Inc. v. Adscend Media, LLC et al | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Love v. Wiley et al | December 28, 2011 | January 26, 2012 |
| State of Washington v. Adscend Media LLC et al | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Perry v. Judd et al | December 27, 2011 | January 26, 2012 |
| Plaintiff Rick Perry alleged that Virginia's requirement for petition circulators to be either eligible or registered qualified voters in the state violated his freedom of speech and association. Plaintiff was unable to obtain a sufficient number of signatures from qualified voters for the Republican Party presidential primary ballot due to the Virginia State Board of Election's requirement regarding petition circulators. | ||
| Rucker et al v. National Football League et al | December 27, 2011 | January 26, 2012 |
| Plaintiffs retired NFL football players sued Defendants National Football League and NFL Properties LLC, alleging that Defendants suppressed and obscured the truth about the long-term effect of concussions suffered while practicing and playing football for the NFL, and defendant's efforts to obscure the truth about the cause, treatment and consequences of football-related concussions caused players who suffered concussions to be misdiagnosed, to not receive proper treatment, and to continue practicing and playing with these severe injuries. | ||
| Barry Rosen v. Netfronts Inc et al | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Barry Rosen v. Samuel K Martin et al | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Maloney v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Pegram v. Jamgotchian | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Microsoft Corporation | December 29, 2011 | January 25, 2012 |
| Abram v. Ashland Services, LLC | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
| Carroll v. Facebook, Inc. | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Simbaki, Ltd. d/b/a Berryhill Baja Grill and Cantina | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Abreu v. Slide, Inc. et al | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Plaintiff Christalee Abreu alleged that Defendants Slide, Inc. and Google Inc. violated California laws and common law obligations in its management of an online game called "SuperPoke! Pets" in which users "adopt, name, and care for a virtual pet" and can "interact with their pet, dress it in outfits, and customize the pet's virtual environment." Specifically, Defendants announced that it was canceling its service after customers had spent real dollars on virtual currency, goods and property. | ||
| Calibrait, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Cunningham v. Firouzian | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Facebook, Inc. v. Adscend Media, LLC et al | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| State of Washington v. Adscend Media LLC et al | January 26, 2012 | January 26, 2012 |
| Barry Rosen v. Netfronts Inc et al | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Barry Rosen v. Samuel K Martin et al | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Maloney v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Pegram v. Jamgotchian | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Silva v. Carnival Corporation | January 25, 2012 | January 25, 2012 |
| Abram v. Ashland Services, LLC | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
| Carroll v. Facebook, Inc. | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
| Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Simbaki, Ltd. d/b/a Berryhill Baja Grill and Cantina | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
| Hughes v. Carnival Corporation | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
| LIONESS VIZIONS, LLC et al v. HOOSIER et al | January 24, 2012 | January 24, 2012 |
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| Capitol Records, LLC v. Redigi Inc. | January 6, 2012 | January 9, 2012 |
| Nate Hoffman v. O Three Meida LLC et al | January 4, 2012 | January 4, 2012 |
| Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Limited, a Bahamian corp. v. Booker et al | December 1, 2011 | December 22, 2011 |
| UMG Recording, Inc. v. Escape Media Group, Inc. et al | November 18, 2011 | December 16, 2011 |
| Record label UMG Recording, Inc. sues Gooveshark, and a number of the company's executives, for copyright infringement, accusing the defendants of uploading roughly 100,000 recordings to the online music service, without payment or licensing use of the artists' works. | ||
| Braddock v. Jolie et al | December 2, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| Greenspan v. Random House, Inc. et al | November 18, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| Opower, Inc. v. Efficiency 2.0, LLC | November 14, 2011 | November 30, 2011 |
| Banks v. Samberg et al | November 3, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Johnson et al v. West et al | October 14, 2011 | November 10, 2011 |
| Ebony Batts, et al v. William Adams, Jr., et al | November 1, 2011 | November 8, 2011 |
| Cavally v. Southern Music Company Corporation et al | November 3, 2011 | November 3, 2011 |
| Entity Production, Inc. v. Psychopathic Records, Inc., et al | October 31, 2011 | November 1, 2011 |
| Bikrams Yoga College of India LP et al v. Yoga to the People Inc et al | September 27, 2011 | October 26, 2011 |
| K-BEECH, INC. v. DOE | October 14, 2011 | October 14, 2011 |
| The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al | September 12, 2011 | October 6, 2011 |
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| Aurelio's Is Pizza Franchise, Ltd v. PFC of Illinois, Inc. et al | October 20, 2011 | January 9, 2012 |
| A 52-year-old family pizza business filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a franchisee, alleging that defendant illegally sells "frozen counterfeit pizzas at wholesale for sports teams to re-sell as fundraisers." | ||
| True Religion Apparel, Inc. et al. v. Xiaokang Lee et al. | November 15, 2011 | December 22, 2011 |
| Hester v. Neverson et al | November 15, 2011 | December 12, 2011 |
| Television personality David Hester of A&E's 'Storage Wars' reality TV show, filed a trademark lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that his "Yuuup!" moniker does not infringe upon rapper Trey Songz's purported intellectual property claims to variations of the phrase. | ||
| Adidas America, Inc et al v. Preschoolians Company et al | December 5, 2011 | December 8, 2011 |
| In-N-Out Burgers v. Pappas Restaurants, Inc, | November 15, 2011 | December 8, 2011 |
| adidas AG et al v. Wu et al | November 14, 2011 | December 1, 2011 |
| Cavern City Tours Ltd v. Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. | November 27, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. et al v. Yang Quan Lu | November 9, 2011 | November 29, 2011 |
| Basis International Ltd. v. Research in Motion Ltd. et al | October 24, 2011 | November 23, 2011 |
| BRAVADO INTERNATIONAL GROUP MERCHANDISING SERVICES, INC. et al v. JOHN DOES 1-100 et al | October 31, 2011 | November 14, 2011 |
| Boyd v. MizzFit LLC | October 4, 2011 | November 2, 2011 |
| Jim's Original Incorporated v. Jim's Original Chicago, Inc. et al | August 12, 2011 | October 27, 2011 |
| A 70-year old Chicago hot dog and pork chop business sues defendants' competing operation, accusing them of infringing plaintiff's service marks for its business and products. | ||
| Chanel, Inc. v. eukuk.com et al | September 20, 2011 | October 20, 2011 |
| TimesLines, Inc v. Facebook, Inc. | September 29, 2011 | October 19, 2011 |
| Miles Davis Properties, LLC v. Miles' Cafe Corporation et al | August 19, 2011 | October 12, 2011 |
| Estate of the legendary jazz great Miles Davis sues a Manhattan cafe for trademark infringement for using the singer's first name in their business. | ||
| Case Name | Case Filed | Last Update |
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| Benjamin Joffe, et al v. Google Inc. | October 17, 2011 | November 21, 2011 |
| Doctor John Doe et al v. Google Inc | November 3, 2011 | November 7, 2011 |
| The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al | September 12, 2011 | October 6, 2011 |
| Pessano et al v. Google, Inc. | August 24, 2011 | September 21, 2011 |
| Benjamin Joffe, et al v. Google Inc. | July 29, 2011 | August 16, 2011 |
| Isys Technologies v. Google et al | June 6, 2011 | July 5, 2011 |
| A Utah company sued Google for trademark infringement, claiming that the search giant's Chromium OS infringes its trademark rights to Isys Technologies' Chromium Modular Computer. | ||
| Market America Inc v. Google Inc, et al | May 26, 2011 | June 22, 2011 |
| ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION | May 12, 2011 | June 10, 2011 |
| The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a Freedom of Information Act ('FOIA') lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission, contending that the FTC failed to disclose information responsive to the non-profit group's administrative FOIA requests regarding the FTC's decision to cease its investigation of Google over allegedly accessing private user information from home Wi-Fi routers throughout the United States. | ||
| Pessano et al v. Google, Inc. | May 10, 2011 | June 9, 2011 |
| San Francisco Comprehensive Tours, LLC v. Groupon, Incorporated | March 17, 2011 | May 12, 2011 |
| A San Francisco company's lawsuit against Groupon accuses the internet coupon site of misrepresenting its Google AdWords advertising campaigns using false and misleading descriptions and representations of fact. The plaintiff alleges that "Groupon's conduct will force Plaintiff to close its business." | ||
| Petrov v. Google Inc | February 14, 2011 | March 29, 2011 |
| Northeastern University et al v. Google, Inc., | November 6, 2007 | March 18, 2011 |
| Plaintiffs Northwestern University and Jarg Corporation allege that Defendant Google, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,694,593 entitled "Distributed Computer Database System and Method." | ||
| Viacom International, Inc. v. Youtube, Inc. | August 11, 2010 | March 18, 2011 |
| Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. Softlayer Technologies, Inc. et al | June 16, 2009 | March 16, 2011 |
| Beneficial Innovations, Inc. v. Careerbuilder, LLC et al | June 1, 2009 | March 16, 2011 |
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| Ousted BigLaw Partner Gets 5 Years for Helping Client Trick Swiss Bank Into Making $28M Loan | January 27, 2012 |
A British lawyer ousted in 2008 from his equity partnership at Mishcon de Reya was sentenced today to 5½ years in prison for helping a client trick a private Swiss bank into making a loan of some $28 million. Solicitor Kevin Steele, 51, helped his client, Michael Shephard, present fake documents to persuade EFG Private Bank that Shephard had access to offshore assets of at least quadruple the amount of the loan, the Guardian reports. The Southwark Crown Court was told half the loan money... more |
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| Student Faces Backlash After Winning Legal Battle Over Prayer Hanging on School Wall | January 27, 2012 |
A Rhode Island girl who successfully waged a legal battle to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium is now suffering the wrath of her deeply religious neighbors. Jessica Ahlquist, 16, has gotten online threats, and police have escorted her at school. A state lawmaker called her "an evil little thing" on a talk radio program. And three local florists have refused to deliver flowers that a national atheist group tried to send to her. All because Ahlquist, an avowed... more |
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| Plan to Merger Rutgers-Camden and Rowan U Blasted by Students, Teachers on Both Sides | January 27, 2012 |
A plan unveiled this week by New Jersey's governor to merge the Camden campus of Rutgers University, including the law school, with Rowan University in nearby Glassboro has been blasted by students and teachers on both sides. The combined school would be called Rowan University. Some, like law student Jeremy Abay, object to the loss of the prestigious Rutgers name and think the new school will have a diminished ability to attract high-caliber faculty, the Courier-Post reports. “If it was... more |
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| Onetime Foreclosure King Facing Multiple Suits Now Turns to New Venture: Five Guys Burgers and Fries | January 27, 2012 |
At the top of his game as Florida's unchallenged foreclosure king, David J. Stern had perhaps 100,000 cases and a back-office legal processing support operation that he sold for $60 million in 2010. Then came allegations of slipshod work and the firm's sudden collapse last year, after Fannie Mae pulled its files. Judges reportedly were left to deal with abandoned cases because the firm lacked the staff or funds to move to withdraw, and now-former employees sued for termination pay. Earlier this... more |
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| NY Times Reporter Sounds off on Legal Education, Accreditation and the ‘Crazy’ Race for Rankings | January 27, 2012 |
New York Times reporter David Segal, whose recent series of stories on legal education has touched off a furor in the legal community, says law schools have taken the quest for higher rankings and greater prestige to "an incredibly destructive" place. Segal says the "madness" created by U.S. News and World Report's annual law school rankings have led many schools to employ all kinds of different "shenanigans" to make themselves more appealing to prospective students and to cover up just how bad... more |
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| All Eyes On Kennedy During Firefighters Argument | |
When the city of New Haven, Conn., in 2003 tossed out a promotion test for firefighters after learning that no African-Americans had passed, was it striking a blow for or against civil rights? The Supreme Court heard vigorous debate on that question Tuesday in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano, with Justice Anthony Kennedy likely holding the key vote in deciding the answer.... more |
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| Drugs in Schools Take Centerstage in Arguments Over Strip-Search | |
The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday to find the right balance between student privacy and public school safety in the case of an Arizona middle-school girl who was strip-searched on suspicion of having an ibuprofen pill.... more |
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| Government Jobs Elusive for Laid-Off Lawyers | |
Legal career counselors and agency officials say there's been a surge in lawyer applicants for government jobs, thanks to the crashing private sector economy, and the swelling talent pool is making the cumbersome process even tougher.... more |
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| D.C. Appeals Judge Ruiz Pushed for Circuit Slot | |
There are two vacant slots on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, but as far as many Washington lawyers are concerned one is already spoken for. Lawyers at several D.C. firms, along with the Hispanic Bar Association of D.C., have launched an aggressive campaign to get D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Vanessa Ruiz onto the circuit.... more |
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| Final Arguments of Term Filled With Big Cases | |
An intense two-week period begins April 20 for the Supreme Court, for the Solicitor General's Office, and especially for Austin, Texas, lawyer Gregory Coleman.Coleman, a former Texas solicitor general and Clarence Thomas clerk who is building a significant Supreme Court practice from Austin, will appear for the conservative side in the highest-profile cases of the next two weeks, on affirmative action and voting rights.... more |
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| BP ordered to share partial liability with Transocean in oil spill claims | January 27, 2012 |
[JURIST] Judge Carl Barber of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [official website] Thursday issued an order [text, PDF] that British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] will be held liable for a portion of the damages owed by Transocean [corporate website] stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. BP will be required to indemnify Transocean against damages created by the pollution itself that are awarded throughout the... more |
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| Guatemala court orders ex-dictator to stand trial | January 27, 2012 |
[JURIST] Guatemalan Judge Carol Flores ruled Thursday that ex-dictator Rios Montt must stand trial for charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. The judge heard the prosecutor's initial statements Wednesday and decided Thursday that the evidence was sufficient to go to trial. Montt is being charged for crimes committed throughout the country's 36-year civil war [BBC timeline], which officially ended in 1996. Montt was a general in the military who became dictator after a coup in 1982 but... more |
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| US lawmakers request information on new Google privacy policy | January 27, 2012 |
[JURIST] US Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) [official website; press release] and seven other lawmakers Thursday sent a letter [text, PDF] to Google CEO Larry Page [NYT backgrounder] containing 11 questions regarding consumer privacy rights as affected by Google's new privacy policies [corporate website]. The letter states that the privacy policy and Google's consolidated data sharing system raise questions about whether consumers can opt out of the new system, either globally or on a... more |
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| Libya torture causing prisoner deaths: AI | January 27, 2012 |
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] Thursday reported the recent deaths of several Libyan detainees who were apparently tortured while in custody [press release]. The deaths come amid allegations of widespread torture and ill-treatment of detainees accused of being pro-Gaddafi loyalists and fighters during the Libyan conflict [JURIST backgrounder] last year. AI conducted extensive interviews with detainees in and around Tripoli, Misrarah and Gheryan, many of whom showed... more |
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| Chevron officials to face criminal charges in Brazil for oil spill: report | January 27, 2012 |
[JURIST] Brazil prosecutors plan to file criminal charges, in addition to the $11 billion civil suit, against Chevron [corporate website] officials for the 2,400 barrel oil spill [Global Voices backgrounder] off the coast of Brazil in the Campos Basin in November. Brazilian officials state that Chevron acted irresponsibly [Reuters report] and took substantial risks in the Frade oil field in the Campos Basin. Up to 12 Chevron officials are expected to be indicted. In contrast, British Petroleum... more |
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| The world's first computer password? It was useless, too | January 27, 2012 |
If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. You've got dozens to remember - some of them tortuously complex - and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you're bound to forget one, or at least mistype it. You may even be one of those unfortunate people who've had a password stolen, thanks to the dodgy security on the machines that store them. But who's to blame? Who invented the computer password? Like the... more |
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| In Howrey Case, Hispanic Farmers Implore Judge Regarding Representation | January 27, 2012 |
Hundreds of Hispanic farmers who had been represented by Howrey in a suit against the federal government alleging discriminatory lending practices, have asked a federal judge to ensure that they aren't left without representation. Howrey's bankruptcy trustee filed a motion last month to allow the estate withdraw from the case, but the farmers don't want Howrey to go. Earlier this month the judge approved the request. Stephen Hill, a former antitrust partner who has been working on... more |
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| BP ordered to share partial liability with Transocean in oil spill claims | January 27, 2012 |
[JURIST] Judge Carl Barber of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana [official website] Thursday issued an order [text, PDF] that British Petroleum (BP) [corporate website] will be held liable for a portion of the damages owed by Transocean [corporate website] stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. BP will be required to indemnify Transocean against damages created by the pollution itself that are awarded throughout the... more |
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| True Grit: Finding the Right E-Discovery Formula | January 27, 2012 |
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| Park Service Alerts Court of Intent to Enforce No-Camping Rules for Occupy D.C. | January 27, 2012 |
Updated at 5:23 p.m. The National Park Service alerted Occupy D.C. demonstrators today of its intent to begin enforcing a no-camping rule starting on Monday, and also filed notice (PDF) with the federal judge overseeing the protesters' case against the agency about the warning this afternoon. Attorneys for the Occupy D.C. demonstrators and the U.S. Department of the Interior are due in court Jan. 31 to argue over a preliminary injunction motion. The demonstrators have sued to keep the park... more |
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| Etc: The man Microsoft accuses of creating the Kelihos botnet has contacted the BBC to say he is "shocked and surprised" by the accusation and will prove his innocence. | January 27, 2012 |
The man Microsoft accuses of creating the Kelihos botnet has contacted the BBC to say he is "shocked and surprised" by the accusation and will prove his innocence. Read More: BBC, Ars Technica Read the comments on this post... more |
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| Sudanese Bishop Granted Asylum in U.S., with Covington's Help | January 27, 2012 |
Lawyers with Covington & Burling in Washington helped to secure asylum for a Sudanese Episcopalian Bishop after he became a target for his support of South Sudan, the firm said Friday. Bishop Andudu Adam Elnail is a native of the Sudanese province of South Kordofan, which borders South Sudan to the north. Elnail came to the U.S. seeking medical treatment in May 2011. In June 2011, a conflict broke out between the Army of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement in South... more |
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| Fourteen Men Graduate from 2011 Fathering Court Program in D.C. | January 27, 2012 |
Updated at 3:42 p.m. Darnell Morris said that when he started the District of Columbia Superior Court's Fathering Court program, his relationship with his 15-year-old daughter "wasn't too perfect." Morris, 42, had been in trouble with the law before for selling drugs, but said he had heard about the Fathering Court program on television and wanted a shot "to better myself." On Friday morning, Morris and thirteen other men graduated from the 2011 class of Fathering... more |
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| Twitter uncloaks a year's worth of DMCA takedown notices, 4,410 in all | January 27, 2012 |
On almost any given day, Twitter receives a handful of requests to delete tweets that link to pirated versions of copyrighted content-and quickly complies by erasing the offending tweets from its site. That fact itself is probably unsurprising to people familiar with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown process, which gives sites like Twitter a "safe harbor" against lawsuits related to user behavior and uploads-so long as the sites don't knowingly tolerate pirated... more |
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