Category: Law
“It’s Immoral, but the Money Makes it Right,” says Apprehended Botnet Operator Jeanson Ancheta
“Bot Herder” Jeanson James Ancheta, the BotNet operator taken down by the Feds, told colleagues of operating the botnet of more than 400,000 infected PCs, “It’s immoral, but the money makes it right.”
Supreme Court Declines RIM Job in Blackberry’s Research in Motion v NTP Case
Blackberry maker Research in Motion, also known as RIM, has suffered another blow in the patent infringement lawsuit brought by patent-holder NTP. As the walls close in on RIM, an injunction may be imminent.
Feds Demand Your Search Records from Google in Lawsuit Where Your Privacy Gives Way to Witch Hunt for Child Porn Searchers
The Feds want your search records from Google, in a lawsuit designed to prove how much searching there is being done for child pornography. Should you be worried? You bet you should. And guess what. AOL, MSN and Yahoo have already given those records up.
Utah Cites First Child Email Address Registry Offender – Too Bad He’s in the Wrong Country
The state of Utah has issued their first citation under their recently-enacted Child Protection Email Address Registry and related laws. Too bad they slept through class the day they taught Federal and international jurisdiction.
Upskirting Photographer Photographed Upskirting
Daniel Thurman was been caught in the act of upskirting, and now you can see the picture! Moral of this story? If you’re going to up skirt (and please don’t upskirt, but if you are going to up skirt), don’t upskirt where there are security cameras!
Annoying People Anonymously Over the Internet Now a Federal Crime
Effective January 2006, it is now a Federal crime to attempt to annoy someone anonymously over the Internet. In fact, it’s a Federal crime to post to the Internet any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent, with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person.
High School Student Michael Stone Arrested for Encouraging People to Hit F5
Michael Stone, a senior at Lake High School in Ohio, has been arrested for causing his high school’s computer to slow down. You see, Michael Stone encouraged people to press F5, and refresh their computer screens.
RIAA Martyr Patricia Santangelo – RIAA Takes Internet Illitereate Mom to Mat
Patricia Santangelo may become the first victim of the RIAA to achieve martyr status. Unwilling to admit to something that she did not due, Patricia Santangelo is standing up to the RIAA and defending herself – literally – in court.
Microsoft and Google Settle Kai-Fu Lee Case
Microsoft and Google have settled the lawsuit which resulted from Google’s poaching of top executive Kai-Fu Lee. Is this the end of it?
Download Bomb Making Instructions, Go to Jail
A suspected Al Qaeda terrorist has been convicted for downloading bomb-making instructions. Is that reason enough?
Sober Worm Convinces Pedophile to Turn Self In!
The Sober worm, and its fake email from the FBI, has accidentally caused a German pedophile to turn himself in!
The RIM Blackberry v. NTP Lawsuit Explained: You’re Not Likely to Lose Blackberry Service
The RIM Blackberry law suit with NTP has been in the news a lot lately. But what does this lawsuit really mean for users of the RIM Blackberry?
Match.com Responds to Match.com Lawsuit
As reported here last week, online dating giant Match.com was served with a lawsuit claiming that they engaged in fraudulent and deceptive business practices, and specifically alleging that they used paid shills to go out on dates with their customers, and to write them romantic email.
State of Texas Sues Sony BMG Over Music CD Rootkits
The State of Texas has become the second plaintiff to file a lawsuit against Sony BMG, using the Texas anti-spyware law.
Lawsuit Filed Over Utah’s Child Protection Email Address Registry
Free Speech Coalition sues Utah over Child Protection Email Address Registry
