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Under New York long-arm statute, copyright owner's location is situs of copyright harm from online infringement

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Under N.Y.C.P.L.R. 302(a)(3)(ii), which provides for long-arm jurisdiction in cases involving out-of-state tortious acts that cause harm within the State, where unauthorized copies of copyrighted works are posted on Web sites outside New York, the situs of the resulting injury is the location of the copyright owner

Employee violation of employer computer use policy can support CFAA criminal charge

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

An employee's violation of an employer's computer use policy can support a criminal charge of exceeding authorized access under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a district court ruled

Wiretapping in child custody dispute results in civil damage award under federal Wiretap Act

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

A spouse involved in a child custody dispute and her parents were assessed civil damages under the federal Wiretap Act in connection with the recording of conversations via a device hidden in a child's toy

FTC finalizes settlement with Twitter for failure to safeguard consumer personal information

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The charges arose out of lapses in the security of the social networking site's administrative accounts, which enabled hackers to gain access to both administrative and customer accounts

U.S. Supreme Court grants review of statute restoring copyright in public domain works

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The questions presented are whether the Progress Clause of the United States Constitution prohibits Congress from taking works out of the public domain, and whether Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of 1994 violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution

Posting entire news article on nonprofit organization's blog constitutes fair use

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The re-posting of an entire news article on the blog of a nonprofit organization is fair use as a matter of law where the purpose was to educate the public, a district court ruled

Google Books settlement would usurp congressional role in revising copyright law

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Judge Chin found that the settlement was not "fair, adequate and reasonable," as required by the federal rules, and suggested that it might be able to be approved if it was changed to an opt-in, rather than an opt-out, settlement

Decreased value of consumer personal information resulting from security breach confers standing in personal injury suit

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

A plaintiff whose personal data was contained in a social network service online database copied by a hacker sufficiently alleged an injury-in-fact to support Article III standing, on the theory that the value of his personal information was diminished as a result of the breach, a district court ruled

CDA 230 protects blog owner from liability for third-party comment

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

The court ruled the owner of a blog is not liable for an alleged defamatory comment even if the owner viewed and approved the comment prior to publication on the blog

Cable operator ordered to disclose subscriber information for 1,200 accounts

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 5 2011

Providing information on over 1,200 subscribers who are alleged to have downloaded and distributed unauthorized copies of a motion picture on a P2P file-sharing network is not an undue burden on an ISP, a district court ruled, also rejecting arguments that the order infringed the subscribers' right to anonymous communication

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