Net News
July 31, 2006
Kazaa to Pay $100 Million In Settlement<br>Congress Passes Bill Limiting Online Wagering <br>Web Wagering Faces Clampdown with Major Arrest<br>Music Industry Prepares Lawsuit against Yahoo China
Cases of Note
July 31, 2006
Eleventh Circuit Sides with Amazon.com in Right of Publicity Suit<br>Ninth Circuit Finds No Purposeful Availment to Effect Personal Jurisdiction<br>U.S. District Court Denies Cybersquatting Injunction
Yahoo Builds New IP Licensing Model
July 31, 2006
When Joseph Siino came on board as Yahoo Inc.'s first Vice President of Intellectual Property, the company needed to keep up with Google and Microsoft in transforming from Internet portal to global digital media company. It needed to use its technology patents to generate and distribute media content from its site.
Is Internet Gambling Running Out of Luck?
July 31, 2006
Internet gambling is illegal when the activity occurs in a state that outlaws gambling. Today, federal prosecutors rely upon various statutes enacted before the widespread use of the Internet.
Lawyer-Bloggers: Fact or Fiction?
July 31, 2006
These days, it seems like everyone has a blog. You can start one with almost no overhead, and the online publishing possibilities seem endless ' and yet most lawyers still don't blog.
Web Posts Versus the First Amendment
July 31, 2006
The filing of a defamation lawsuit against the owner and operator of an Internet forum is raising questions about First Amendment rights versus the right to privacy.<br>Pittsburgh attorney Todd Hollis filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court, alleging his reputation is being harmed by comments posted by purported ex-girlfriends on the Web site dontdatehimgirl.com.
New Kinds of e-Commerce
July 31, 2006
As more people live in the virtual world ' sometimes also called the digital or synthetic world ' in one of the many so-called massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMPORGs) available online, the potential for monetary abuse and malfeasance grows.
Overseas Court Decisions Limit U.S. Internet Speech
July 31, 2006
Australian, English and Canadian court rulings associated with defamatory Internet communications emanating from the United States may limit American speech, a specter that stands to cast a long, haunting shadow over a range of U.S.-based activities, from publishing to online auctions to discussion and criticism.<br>For jurisdictional purposes, Internet publications may be subject to worldwide legal difficulties. Using common law theory, foreign courts have found American Internet publishers liable for harm to readers located in foreign jurisdictions, and have subjected those publishers to foreign-liability law, even though American law holds the sender immune from liability.
Tools to Save Time That You Do Not Have
July 31, 2006
Today, it seems that anyone involved in e-commerce must be online and available, all the time. You know how it is because you live it: Blackberries and Internet-enabled cell phones provide instant delivery of e-mail, wherever you may be ' whether working, or spending time with family and friends. Online etiquette seems to require that you reply instantly, regardless of your other responsibilities or non-work-related activity in which you may be engaged.<br>For most of us, constant connectedness is no longer just a way of life ' it's a job requirement, and the only way to survive. The quick e-mail reply can become the difference between keeping and losing a client and, ultimately, between sanity and burnout. Everyone in our world scrambles to save time ' even a few minutes here and there ' to satisfy client expectations. Only after those obligations are met, if ever, can we perhaps hoard a few minutes for ourselves.
