An Australian doctor is suing Google for regarding its auto-complete function, that suggests the word "bankrupt" when his name is entered in the search box.
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Does Disneyworld have privacy and copyright rights?
Lawyers nightmare, in relation to film made at Disneyworld, Escape from Tomorrow.
See also clip and NYTimes.
See also clip and NYTimes.
User Generated Content and Opinions
A good article about TripAdvisor and its review system.
Using TripAdvisor
Using TripAdvisor
Netflix Facebook Blunder?
Netflix Inc said on Thursday securities regulators warned they may bring civil action against the company and its chief executive for violating public disclosure rules with a Facebook post, in a case that raises questions about how public companies communicate on social media.
The high-profile Silicon Valley CEO, Reed Hastings, dismissed the contention and said he did not believe the Facebook post was "material" information.
Fake Facebook Copyright Notice
See Pogues Blog and Facebook Statement. Facebook has not changed its rules regarding copyright ownership.
Google Street View Privacy Lawsuit
A privacy claim was made against Google for its StreetView product. A Google camera car drove on to private property to take the photos.
See Boring v. Google. Original Decision; Third Circuit decision
See Boring v. Google. Original Decision; Third Circuit decision
Is Law School Worth The Money?
See NY Times Article
"The graying of baby-boom lawyers creates opportunities. As more senior lawyers retire, jobs will open, even in the unlikely case that the law business doesn’t expand with an improving economy. More opportunity will open to women and minorities, too. As with any industry in transition, changes in the delivery of legal services create opportunities as well as challenges. Creative, innovative and entrepreneurial lawyers will find ways to capitalize on this."
"The graying of baby-boom lawyers creates opportunities. As more senior lawyers retire, jobs will open, even in the unlikely case that the law business doesn’t expand with an improving economy. More opportunity will open to women and minorities, too. As with any industry in transition, changes in the delivery of legal services create opportunities as well as challenges. Creative, innovative and entrepreneurial lawyers will find ways to capitalize on this."
You Can't Say That on The Internet
A BASTION of openness and counterculture, Silicon Valley imagines itself as the un-Chick-fil-A. But its hyper-tolerant facade often masks deeply conservative, outdated norms that digital culture discreetly imposes on billions of technology users worldwide.
See NY Times
See NY Times
Copyright First Sale Doctrine Reviewed by Supreme Court
Can United States copyright owners block importation of copies of their works sold or distributed outside of the United States?
Confronting this apparently straightforward question, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on 29 October 2012, that revealed complex interactions of the relevant statutes and the difficult consequences flowing from alternative interpretations of those statutes. Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, U.S. No. 11-697. See oral argument transcript.
The case involves Wiley text books printed and sold in Thailand, and Kirtsaeng’s unauthorized importation and resale of those text books in the United States. Wiley sued, claiming that the importation was an infringement under 17 U.S.C. 602(a), and Kirtsaeng defended that he had a right to resell the publications purchased in Thailand under the first sale doctrine codified at 17 U.S.C. 109(a).
On review is the Second Circuit’s decision for Wiley that the text books printed in Thailand could not satisfy the limitation in Section 109(a) that the first sale right applies only to copies “lawfully made under this title,” which the Court interpreted as copies physically made in this country.
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