Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. v. Does, 12-00240 (N.D. Cal. January 25, 2012) (Hat tip to Venkat for posting a link to this decision.) Ron Paul’s campaign — Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. — sued some John Doe defendants in federal court over an offensive video attacking former (but then current) [...]
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Ron Paul not allowed to find out who posted mean video about Jon Huntsman on YouTube
January 26th, 2012
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Megaupload takedown reminds us why website terms and conditions can be important
January 25th, 2012
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Kashmir Hill pointed out that at least one erstwhile file sharing service has changed its business model in response to the federal government’s action against Megaupload. She observes that: FileSonic users can’t be too happy to have one of the main features of the site taken away. But the company must be less worried about [...]
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 [...]
Use of name and image in YouTube clip did not support right of publicity claim
July 7th, 2010
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Fuentes v. Mega Media Holdings, Inc. 2010 WL 2634512 (S.D. Fla. June 30, 2010) Plaintiff is a famous Cuban author who has written extensively about Raul Castro and other members of the Castro regime. The producers of the Maria Elvira Live show used plaintiff’s name and image in the content of one of the show’s [...]
YouTube victorious in copyright case brought by Viacom
June 23rd, 2010
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District court grants summary judgment, finding YouTube protected by DMCA safe harbor. Viacom v. YouTube, No. 07-2103, (S.D.N.Y. June 23, 2010) The question of whether and to what extent a website operator should be liable for the copyright infringement occasioned by the content uploaded by the site’s users is one of the central problems of [...]
Robbery conviction overturned because prosecutor played YouTube video during closing argument
November 4th, 2009
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Miller v. State, 2009 WL 3517627 (Ind. App. October 30, 2009) Appellant Miller and his dad robbed Wedge’s Liquor Store in Logansport, Indiana back in November 2007. During the robbery Miller pulled out a shotgun and pointed it at the clerk’s face. During closing argument at trial, the prosecutor showed the jury a video from [...]
Veoh eligible for DMCA Safe Harbor
September 3rd, 2008
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[Brian Beckham is a contributor to Internet Cases and can be contacted at brian.beckham [at] gmail dot com.] Io Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 2008 WL 4065872 (N.D.Cal. Aug. 27, 2008) The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Veoh’s hosting of user-provided content is protected by the DMCA safe [...]
Court upholds forum selection clause in YouTube’s terms of use
May 13th, 2008
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Bowen v. YouTube, Inc., No. 08-5050, 2008 WL 1757578 (W.D.Wash. April 15, 2008) Plaintiff Bowen, a registered YouTube user, sued YouTube over some harassing comments others had posted about her on the site, as well as for some sort of dissatisfaction about misappropriation of her intellectual property rights. (The opinion is not clear about exactly [...]
