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Legal Lessons Gleaned from Music Industry’s High-Profile, File-Sharing Litigation
Entertainment Law & Finance
When the cash-strapped recording industry announced at the end of 2008 that it would largely drop its aggressive litigation campaign against unauthorized file sharers, some observers saw this as a defeat for record labels. But numerous court rulings have been issued over the past few years that debate and/or establish legal guidelines that will be referenced in file-sharer cases that are either still in the pipeline or may later crop up.

A Touch of Gray
e-Commerce Law & Strategy
No one enjoys clearing rights. Checking that you may use content (whether on your Web site, in a publication, or for a performance) and won’t be sued over it takes time and effort. And, for e-commerce counsel clients, that means more money.

ABA Social Network Fails to Connect
Marketing the Law Firm
The American Bar Association has jumped on the social networking bandwagon with a site of its own, LegallyMinded. Here is the author's review of the site.

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Former Employees
Employment Law Strategist
Laptops, thumb drives, data sticks, e-mails, and USB ports make it easy for employees to walk out of a company with valuable information, customer lists, and trade secrets. An employer’s remedies are often limited.

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Virtual Contacts and Personal Jurisdiction
This article analyzes how courts are handling jurisdictional questions attendant to the next generation of technology, such as forms of "cloud computing," including virtual data rooms and social networks. As these technologies continue to develop and opportunities arise to increase revenue, companies risk having to defend themselves in far-off jurisdictions never before contemplated.

Ninth Circuit Finds No First Amendment Violation in Teacher’s Demotion over Blog Comments
Delivering a blow to bloggers’ rights, a federal appeals court has ruled that a Washington state teacher’s blog attacking co-workers, the union and the school district was not protected speech, and therefore she was not unlawfully demoted over it.

Internet Child Porn Search Is ‘Knowing Possession’ in PA
Searching for child pornography on the Internet and following links to make such images appear on a computer screen constitutes knowing possession or control of that material, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.

Hoping to Write a Happy Ending On Google Books
In April, when the federal judge overseeing the settlement involving Google’s online book search service gave authors four more months to opt in to, or out of, the deal, many copyright insiders were surprised. Not Allan Adler. For Adler, vice president for legal affairs at the Association of American Publishers ("AAP"), U.S. District Court judge Denny Chin’s decision to delay what was a May deadline until September marked just another twist on a long, bumpy road.

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