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Advertiser settles deceptive advertising charges stemming from undisclosed payments for online reviews
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
An advertiser that paid affiliates to post favorable reviews of its product in online articles, blog posts and other online editorial material without disclosing the arrangement agreed to pay a $250,000 fine to settle deceptive advertising charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission
Mobile carriers not secondarily liable for copyright infringement on multimedia messaging system
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
Mobile carriers are not liable for inducing infringement of copyright on their multimedia messaging system because they did not design the system with the object of promoting infringement, nor did they take any specific, affirmative steps to actively encourage or induce infringement by users of the system, a district court ruled in a copyright infringement action brought by a producer of multimedia messaging content
Notice of past infringements on online photo site does not obligate operator to proactively screen site
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
An online photo-sharing site does not have a duty to search its site for material that infringes an artist's works, even if it has received past notices of infringement of the same works from the artist, a district court ruled
Infringement and circumvention of massively multiplayer online video game yield $300,000 damages award
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
The court entered a default judgment for statutory damages for trademark and copyright infringement and circumvention of technological measures resulting from the distribution of unauthorized copies of the plaintiff's videogame
No CDA 230 protection for online booksellers for internet sale of book
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
While online booksellers are immune under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for defamation claims arising out of promotional material supplied by third parties and posted on the booksellers' sites, Section 230 does not extend to defamation claims arising out of the books themselves, a district court ruled
CDA Section 230 protects online business review site from liability for refusing to remove negative reviews
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 5 2011
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects the provider of an online business review site from liability for refusing to remove negative reviews, a district court ruled
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
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
