In re Jordan, — S.W.3d —, 2012 WL 1098275 (Texas App., April 3, 2012) Former employee sued her old company for subjecting her to a sexually hostile workplace and for firing her after she reported it. She claimed that she had never looked at pornography before she saw some on the computers at work. During [...]
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Court upholds criminal intimidation conviction over threats to distribute sexually explicit photo
June 20th, 2011
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State v. Noll, 2011 WL 2418895 (Ind. App. June 14, 2011) (Not selected for publication) Defendant used a sexually explicit photo of the victim in an attempt to gain leverage in an intra-family dispute. She handed an envelope containing the photo to the victim, and indicated she would begin distributing the photo if certain demands [...]
More subpoenas on the way to identify John Doe BitTorrent users in copyright cases
April 20th, 2011
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First Time Videos v. Does 1-37, 2011 WL 1431619 (N.D. California, April 14, 2011) Hard Drive Productions v. Does 1-118, 2011 WL 1431612 (N.D. California, April 14, 2011) There have been a couple of new cases filed in federal court in California alleging that unknown BitTorrent users committed copyright infringement and engaged in civil conspiracy [...]
Sexting minor’s lawsuit against website moves forward despite her violation of federal law
April 2nd, 2011
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Doe v. Peterson, 2011 WL 1120172 (E.D.Mich. March 24, 2011) When plaintiff Jane Doe was seventeen years old, she took some nude photos of herself and sent them over the internet to her boyfriend. Somehow the photos ended up on an adult website owned by defendants. Doe brought a civil cause of action against defendants [...]
Woman mistaken for Spitzer prostitute in Girls Gone Wild internet video awarded $3 million
March 13th, 2011
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Arpaio v. Dupre, 2011 WL 831964 (D.N.J., Mar 3, 2011) It has been three years since Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor of New York for getting busted for hooking up with a prostitute (time flies!). Shortly after he resigned, Girls Gone Wild offered Ashley Dupre, the high-priced prostitute Spitzer was accused of patronizing, a million [...]
New copyright lawsuits go after porn on Bittorrent
September 3rd, 2010
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Three adult media entertainment producers filed suit yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging copyright infringement against hundreds of anonymous defendants accused of trading videos using Bittorrent. This kind of action resembles the much-criticized mass litigation undertaken by the U.S. Copyright Group against hordes of unknown accused Bittorrent users [...]
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 [...]
Group sex photos case heads to trial
October 7th, 2009
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Peterson v. Moldofsky, No. 07-2603, 2009 WL 3126229 (D.Kan. September 29, 2009) Defendant took pictures of his ex-girlfriend “engaged in various sex acts with two other people.” Later he emailed some of the photos to his ex-girlfriend’s mother, ex-husband, ex-in laws, boss and co-workers. The ex-girlfriend sued for intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion [...]
Court rejects constitutional challenges to obscenity statutes in prosecution of adult website owner
January 29th, 2008
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U.S. v. Little, No. 07-170, 2008 WL 151875 (M.D. Fla. January 16, 2008) The operator of the Max Hardcore website was indicted under 18 U.S.C. §§1462 and 1465 for distributing allegedly obscene video files which agents downloaded in Tampa, Florida. Max Hardcore moved to dismiss the indictment, raising a number of constitutional challenges to the [...]
