PFLAG v. Camdenton R–III School Dist., 2012 WL 510877 (W.D.Mo. Feb. 16, 2012) Several website publishers that provide supportive resources directed at lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth filed a First Amendment lawsuit against a school district over the district’s use of internet filtering software. Plaintiffs asked the court for an injunction against the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘First Amendment’
Oregon media shield law did not protect blogger from having to reveal her sources
December 4th, 2011
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Obsidian Finance Group, LLC v. Cox, 2011 WL 5999334 (D.Or. November 30, 2011) Plaintiff filed a defamation lawsuit against defendant, who self-identified as an “investigative blogger” and a member of the “media.” Defendant asked the court to protect her from having to turn over the identity of the sources she spoke with in connection with [...]
District judge stays magistrate’s order requiring identification of anonymous defendants
June 12th, 2011
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This is a post by Jonathan Rogers. Jon is a licensed attorney in California, with a focus on technology and entertainment law. You can reach him by email at jon@jonarogers.com or follow him on Twitter at @jonarogers. Faconnable USA Corp. v. Doe, Slip Copy, 2011 WL 2173736 (D.Colo., Jun 2, 2011) Faconnable issued a subpoena duces tecum [...]
Texas supreme court says identities of anonymous bloggers should not be disclosed
April 16th, 2011
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In re Does, — S.W.3d —, 2011 WL 1447544 (Texas, April 15, 2011) The issue of anonymity is a hot topic in internet law. The question of whether an internet user known only by an IP address or username or website name should be identified arises fairly often in the early stages of internet defamation [...]
Court orders anonymous accused Bittorrent defendants to be identified
September 14th, 2010
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West Bay One v. Does 1 – 1,653, — F.Supp.2d. —, 2010 WL 3522265 (D.D.C. September 10, 2010) Achte/Neunte Boll Kino Beteiligungs v. Does 1 – 4,577, — F.Supp.2d —, 2010 WL 3522256 (D.D.C. September 10, 2010) In mass copyright infringement cases against alleged traders of copyrighted movies via Bittorrent, unknown defendants had no reasonable [...]
Ohio internet obscenity statute constitutional
April 20th, 2010
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American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression v. Strickland, — F.3d —, 2010 WL 1488123 (6th Cir. April 15, 2010) Court holds that statute prohibiting distribution of material harmful to minors directly via the internet is not overly broad and therefore not unconstitutional. Ohio has a statute that criminalizes sending juveniles material that is harmful to [...]
