http://www.circleid.com/ Latest Law related postings on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-08-28T11:45:00-08:00 130 45 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88202_comcast_fcc_throttling_order/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88202_comcast_fcc_throttling_order/ August 1st ruling against Comcast, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a 67 page order released today has given Comcast 30 days "to disclose the details of their unreasonable network management practices, submit a compliance plan describing how it intends to stop these unreasonable management practices by the end of the year, and disclose to both the Commission and the public the details of the network management practices that it intends to deploy following termination of its current practices." More...]]> 2008-08-20T12:29:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/file_sharers_facing_lawsuits_in_uk/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/file_sharers_facing_lawsuits_in_uk/ a government-backed deal was struck between Britain's six biggest Internet service providers and the entertainment industry in order to send warning letters to file-sharers. Today it has been reported that thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and games over the Internet are going to be facing legal action in UK for damages. One law firm, according to Reuters, is going to the High Court to force ISPs to release names and addresses of 7,000 suspected file-sharers and that they have already begun proceedings against several people in Britain. One British woman has been ordered to pay 16,000 pounds for downloading pinball game for free through a file-sharing site. More...]]> 2008-08-20T11:03:00-08:00 internetlawp2p http://www.circleid.com/posts/dell_loses_cloud_computing_trademark/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/dell_loses_cloud_computing_trademark/ earlier report this month about Dell seeking a "cloud computing" trademark, latest updates indicate that the company has been denied a trademark because of the generic nature of the term which describes services offered by numerous other companies. In an initial ruling, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), included dozens of news stories and other material supporting its contention that cloud computing is a widely-used term of art for the technology industry. Dell is given six months to file a response or the USPTO will abandon the application. More...]]> 2008-08-18T12:52:00-08:00 internetlawweb_hosting http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_lessons_from_itunes/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_lessons_from_itunes/ iTunes and a cooperative domain-name Intellectual Property (IP) regime have in common? They are market solutions to illegal activity: free downloading of music and free use of brands in domain names, respectively. The music industry tried to fight the free downloading of copyright-protected music by taking legal action against free downloaders under the pretext that their activity siphons industry revenue... More...]]> 2008-08-11T13:32:00-08:00 internetdomain_nameslaw http://www.circleid.com/posts/aclu_anti_spam_laws_and_the_first_amendment/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/aclu_anti_spam_laws_and_the_first_amendment/ an article published by the Technology Liberation Front, Cato Institute adjunct scholar Tim Lee dissects a recent argument by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) regarding free speech & anti-spam laws. It's been interesting to watch the ACLU wrestle with anti-spam legislation. Their entire purpose is to work through the legal system to protect our civil rights, as defined in the First Amendment -- which is why I've been a card-carrying member since before I was old enough to vote... More...]]> 2008-08-08T10:43:00-08:00 internetlawpolicy_regulationspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88711_spam_kings/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88711_spam_kings/ gave Jeff Slaton the name "Spam King." Less than a year later, Sanford Wallace earned the title -- and soon had to share it (and his upstream provider) with Walt Rines. Others have come and gone; Sanford and Walt reappear every few years, together or separately, only to be sued away again... it seems as if any spammer noticed by law enforcement is immediately crowned "the Spam King," even when there are multiple such crownings happening at the same time. More...]]> 2008-08-07T11:42:00-08:00 internetlawspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88661_email_portability_dkim_socio_political_implications/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88661_email_portability_dkim_socio_political_implications/ More...]]> 2008-08-06T18:11:00-08:00 internetlawpolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/dell_seeking_cloud_computing_trademark/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/dell_seeking_cloud_computing_trademark/ posting on a Google Groups cloud computing forum. Dell has also snatched up the Web sites cloudcomputing.com, cloud-computing.com, and cloud-computing.net as well as cloudcomputers.com. Cloudcomputing.com re-routes visitors to Dell's Cloud Computing Solutions Web site. More...]]> 2008-08-05T15:31:00-08:00 internetlawweb_hosting http://www.circleid.com/posts/88214_court_decision_detrimental_to_domaining/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88214_court_decision_detrimental_to_domaining/ More...]]> 2008-08-02T15:27:00-08:00 internetcybersquattingdomain_nameslaw http://www.circleid.com/posts/88103_fcc_comcast_ruling_inconsistent_incoherent/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88103_fcc_comcast_ruling_inconsistent_incoherent/ More...]]> 2008-08-01T15:43:00-08:00 internetbroadbandinternet_governancelawnet_neutralityp2ppolicy_regulationvoip http://www.circleid.com/posts/lawmakers_demand_disclose_web_tracking/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/lawmakers_demand_disclose_web_tracking/ More...]]> 2008-08-01T13:59:00-08:00 internetaccess_providerslawprivacyweb http://www.circleid.com/posts/88110_comcast_and_the_internet/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88110_comcast_and_the_internet/ More...]]> 2008-08-01T10:18:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawnet_neutralitypolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/senate_modernizes_cyber_crime_laws/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/senate_modernizes_cyber_crime_laws/ More...]]> 2008-07-31T14:13:00-08:00 internetcyberattacklawsecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/87281_click_fraud_botnets_parked_domains/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/87281_click_fraud_botnets_parked_domains/ More...]]> 2008-07-28T10:30:00-08:00 internetcybersquattingdomain_nameslawsecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/british_hacker_faces_60_years_in_prison/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/british_hacker_faces_60_years_in_prison/ More...]]> 2008-07-26T21:17:00-08:00 internetlawsecurity