From Boston.internet.com: “In a blow for chipmaker Intel, the California Supreme Court Monday found that senders of spam e-mails cannot be sued under state law forbidding property trespass. The 4 to 3 ruling reversed a lower court injunction preventing former Intel engineer Ken Hamidi from sending e-mails critical of Intel to thousands of its employees.”… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2003
P2P Copyright Infringement Injunction Against Aimster Affirmed
From the RIAA press release: In a unanimous opinion today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction against the peer-to-peer service Aimster (now called Madster) and its principle, John Deep. The district court initially issued a preliminary injunction last December which was subsequently appealed. The decision, in pdf, is… Continue Reading
Digital Shoplifting in Japanese Bookstores
New cellphones used in “digital shoplifting” “Tokyo – Japanese publishers said on Monday they will launch a campaign this week to stop digital shoplifters – people who visit bookstores to photograph magazine pages with their cellphones rather than make a purchase.” [[email protected]] Continue Reading
Supreme Court Will Hear ID Theft Case
Doe v. Chao, 02-1377. “The Supreme Court agreed Friday to join the debate over consumers’ privacy rights in a case that will decide how the government can be punished for revealing Social Security numbers and other personal information.” Continue Reading
