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25 Sep, 2008 2:43 am
... on MySpace. In July 2007, MySpace said it had identified more than 29,000 registered sex offenders among its users. Facebook Inc. subsequently joined the task
force and agreed to work with the AGs on bolstering online safety. Nigam said that ... video presentation from the meeting that one of the company's biggest advantages in the quest for
online safety is that unlike MySpace, it requires that users use their real name to identity themselves on the site. He went on to note ...
16 Feb, 2007 10:39 am
... John Ottaviani Doe v. MySpace, Inc., No. A-06-CA983-SS (W.D. Tex. 2/13/2007). "If anyone had a duty to protect ... plaintiff's claim was decidedly different: she
claimed that she was harmed because of MySpace's negligence in failing to take appropriate security measures, not because of any ... members better than their parents, or that
there is sufficient causation to impose liability on MySpace for actions that occur in the physical world. Judge Sparks apparently agrees with me, with what is a candidate ...
29 Dec, 2008 11:59 am
... Goldman LiveUniverse, Inc. v. MySpace, Inc., 2008 WL 5341843 (9th Cir. Dec. 22, 2008). The June 2007 district court ruling in MySpace's ... precedential,
the Ninth Circuit dismissed the Sherman Act and 17200 claims, saying that MySpace could break links to competitive sites if it wanted and that such behavior ... immunization for
filtering decisions. It seems fairly obvious to me that the statute should protect MySpace's filtering choices--even from an antitrust challenge so long as the challenge is civil
...
15 Feb, 2007 9:17 pm
... done before, the court in this case adopted the rationale of the watershed Zeran v. America Online, Inc., 129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997). Zeran held that "[b]y ...
"disingenuous" argument: It is quite obvious that the underlying basis of Plaintiffs' claims is that, through posting on MySpace, [the assailant] and Julie Doe met and exchanged
personal information which ... duty of a premises owner should extend to a website as a "virtual premises." Doe v. MySpace, Inc., No. 06-983 (W.D. Tex. Feb. 13, 2007)
30 Jun, 2008 9:37 pm
... content published on the website and the consequences stemming from such content. In Doe v. MySpace, Inc., No. 07-50345, 2008 WL 2068064 (5th Cir. May 16 ... not the
author of the content. Although the plaintiff claimed that she was not seeking to hold MySpace liable as a publisher of third-party content, the court held that the plaintiff's
allegations ... addressed further in the ongoing Subway v. Quiznos case (Doctor's Associates Inc., v. QIP Holders LLC) involving sandwich giant Subway suing rival ...
20 May, 2008 7:20 pm
... past week, the Fifth Circuit issued its opinion in Doe v. MySpace, Inc., No. 07-50345 (5th Cir. May 16, 2008). The case involved an appeal ... ? MR. ITKIN [Counsel for
the Does]: Yes, your Honor. A similar case against MySpace was recently filed in Texas state court. In Doe VIII v. My Space, ... and intentional infliction of emotional distress
against defendant Bowers, as well as against MySpace.com for its alleged failure to enforce reasonable security measures to thwart sexual predators. On February ...
17 May, 2008 9:32 am
... Eric Goldman Doe v. MySpace Inc., 2008 WL 2068064 (5th Cir. May 16, 2008) 2008 has been a tough year for 47 USC ... claims are barred by the CDA, notwithstanding their
assertion that they only seek to hold MySpace liable for its failure to implement measures that would have prevented Julie Doe from communicating ... last-ditch effort, the
plaintiffs try to fit into the Roommates.com exception, claiming that "MySpace is not immune under the CDA because it partially created the content at issue, alleging ...
1 Jul 12:17 pm
... Eric Goldman Doe II v. MySpace, Inc., 2009 WL 1862779 (Cal. App. Ct. June 30, 2009) Capping off a busy month for 47 ... communications between the Julie Does and their
assailants. At its core, appellants want MySpace to regulate what appears on its Web site. That's precisely what 230 precludes plaintiffs from being able ... Unlike the questions
and answers in Roommates.com, however, Appellants do not allege that MySpace's profile questions are discriminatory or otherwise illegal. Neither do they allege ...
17 May, 2008 1:32 am
... first, is a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Doe v. MySpace Inc that predictably held that MySpace is immune under s 230 of the
Communications Decency Act from a lawsuit over the alleged sexual assault of a ... that" she knew was "false or misleading." For violating the terms of service, the feds have charged
her with conspiracy to access MySpace without authorization. "A very sympathetic set of facts," concedes Orin Kerr, a cyberlaw prof at George Washington. "But highly ...
10 Jun, 2008 10:46 am
Source: Lexology, June 10, 2008. Fifth Circuit rules that CDA bars suit against MySpace for failure to protect minor Steptoe & Johnson LLP "The Fifth Circuit recently held in
Doe v. MySpace Inc. that section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) barred a mother and daughter from suing MySpace Inc. and its parent
company, News Corporation, for negligence after the daughter was sexually assaulted by a man she first met on MySpace.com."
11 Jun, 2008 2:29 am
... failing to implement technological measures to weed out underage users. Doe v. MySpace, Inc., - F.3d --, 2008 WL 2068064 (5th Cir. May 16 ... holding that the
Communications Decency Act at 47 U.S.C. 230 immunized MySpace from liability. The Does sought review with the Fifth Circuit. On appeal, the court affirmed. Section ... Section
230 should not bar the negligence claim, as the allegations dealt not with MySpace's publication of information, but with the site's failure to implement appropriate security ...
1 May, 2008 3:36 pm
... MySpace came into existence -- did not after all have to be turned over to MySpace Inc, owners of the hugely popular myspace.com. Total Web Solutions
registered myspace.co.uk as long ago as August 1997 in order to provide its ... dismissed the assertion by Total Web Solutions that the complaint should never have got to first
base on the ground that the term 'myspace' was entirely descriptive of its business. However, the panel did not consider the earlier registration to be abusive. The panel added
...
29 May, 2008 3:14 pm
The judge in MySpace Inc. v. Wallace, et al, CV-07-1929-ABC-AGR (C.D. Cal. May 12, 2008) entered a default judgment against ... and Walter Rines for violations of the
CAN-SPAM Act and ordered the defendants to pay MySpace over $230 million in statutory damages. The CAN-SPAM Act regulates the transmission of ... email accounts, and requiring
certain contact information in commercial electronic mail messages. MySpace, a social networking site, allows individuals to create unique user profiles containing ...
1 Jun 12:11 pm
By Eric Goldman Doe IX v. MySpace, Inc., 2009 WL 1457170 (E.D. Tex. May 22, 2009). The Justia page. This is yet another lawsuit involving ... MySpace per 47 USC
230. We're up to Doe IX v. MySpace, but the results are no different; and this case gets quickly tossed per 230 ... as well, construing Roommates.com as applicable only when the
service provider mandates the completion of the profiles. MySpace made users' completion of the profiles voluntarily, thus (according to the court) rendering Roommates.com ...
4 Feb, 2008 7:29 am
Interesting Nominet decision finding for MySpace, even though registrant had apparently registered the name before MySpace launched. MySpace, Inc. v Total
Web Solutions Ltd.. Nominet DRS 04962 (Notice of Intent to Appeal Received). Out-Law commentary here.
16 May, 2008 6:20 pm
... with MySpace in suit over sex assault": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "Federal law gives MySpace.com immunity from a lawsuit over the alleged
sexual assault of a teenage girl by a man she met on the social networking Web site, a federal appeals court ruled Friday." You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit in Doe v. MySpace Inc at this link. Footnote one of today's ruling helpfully explains that "The term 'blog' is a portmanteau ...
18 May, 2008 12:47 pm
There is nothing surprising about Friday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that Myspace is immune from a lawsuit brought by a parent of a sexually abused child. In Doe
v. Myspace, Inc., the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Communications Deceny Act, 47 USC Sec 230 ("CDA") bars claims against providers like Myspace [...]
27 Jul 8:42 am
... Ins. Co. v. Media Breakaway, LLC (C.D. Cal. July 22, 2009) Defendants online marketing company and corporate officer were sued by MySpace Inc. for sending spam mail
through MySpace users' accounts without their knowledge through 'phishing'. Defendants held ... and claims made as a result of profit gained by the policyholder to which it was
not entitled. The court held that MySpace's claim was not covered because the arbitrator clearly found that defendants engaged in intentionally ...
20 May, 2008 11:20 am
This past week, the Fifth Circuit issued its opinion in Doe v. MySpace, Inc., No. 07-50345 (5th Cir. May 16, 2008). The case involved an appeal from a decision of the
Western District of Texas, where the court found that...
21 Apr 3:28 pm
... looking for extra-marital affairs on MySpace, this might speak to her credibility. The judge refused. In a decision of the Nevada District Court, Mackelprang v. Fidelity
National Title Agency of Nevada Inc, a married plaintiff alleged that ... are not relevant, admissible or discoverable. The Nevada District Court opined that, although it was
theoretically possible that emails on the Myspace account might contain relevant information, the defendant should have limited the request to the production ...
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