Category Archives: Internet Law

Court: Website That Encouraged Posting of Copied Content Not Liable For Copyright Infringement

A federal court in Arizona dismissed copyright infringement claims in which the Ripoff Report — an online consumer complaint posting forum — contended that its competitor, ComplaintsBoard.com, “encourage[d] and permit consumers to post content that has been exclusively licensed to” … Continue reading

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No Unemployment Compensation For Worker Fired for Disparaging Tweets

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court upheld the denial of unemployment benefits to a claimant whose former employer fired him for posting disparaging comments about his workplace and co-workers on the micro-blogging website Twitter. Burns v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, No. … Continue reading

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Illinois to Ban Employers’ Demands for Social Media Account Information from Current & Prospective Employees

Both houses of the Illinois state legislature have passed a bill that would prohibit employers from asking their employees and prospective employees to provide passwords or other account information about the individual’s social networking accounts or profiles, or to demand … Continue reading

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US 9th Circuit: Computer Fraud & Abuse Act Targets Unauthorized Access to Computerized Information, Not Its Subsequent Misuse or Misappropriation.

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gave a restrictive reading to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), rejecting its use to remedy violations of a private company’s computer use policies by the company’s employee. United States v. Nosal, … Continue reading

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Hyperlinking to Libelous Online Content Is Not a “Publication” of that Content for Purposes of Defamation Law, Holds Canadian Supreme Court

The Canadian Supreme Court held that, by itself, a hyperlink to a third party’s website containing allegedly defamatory statements links does not constitute a publication of those statements for purposes of imposing defamation liability on the linking party. Crookes v. … Continue reading

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Attorneys May Have Duty to Warn Clients about Confidentiality Risks of E-Mail Communications with Counsel While Using Employer’s Computer

In a recently-released ethics opinion, a committee of American Bar Association (“ABA”) opined that in some circumstances, an attorney has an obligation to warn an individual client that there is a risk that the client’s employer may gain access to … Continue reading

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