The FCC ignored legal precedent holding that the contents of unencrypted Wi-Fi networks were protected by the Wiretap Act. EPIC argued that by collecting data transmitted over an unencrypted Wi-Fi network, Google wasn't protected by established...
Google must know this would never fly in an American court, and to comply with the order would set a dangerous precedent. Even if it seems the easier way to deal with it, to cut off access at the largest sources of traffic, it’s not always legal or...
Since Google settling with the plaintiffs would set a legal precedent for wiretapping suits, the company's choice to appeal is very much in line with expectations. When Google "accidentally" picked up data from encrypted wireless networks, the...
With this broad legal precedent, it seems likely Google will lose the case. Receivership, or the legal state of having forfeited control of a business or estate to a receiver to allow for the attempted recovery of a debt, is a big concern for those...
But Google settled and no precedent has established.Each side agreed to pay its own legal fees, and American recovered nothing from Google, according to an order signed by Judge John McBryde," USAToday reported.
True, it's been challenged before, but with each new legal decision comes precedent that could be used against existing allowed methods. Interestingly, she challenged the use of her name in domains, which is the part of the legal situation that may...
But in the same respect, there are very few clear, legal decisions on some of these boundaries, because the technology keeps changing so fast, and it takes years for these court cases to wind their ways through the system to get to opinions that...
But I really don't see any legal or ethical basis, or regulatory precedent, for saying that Google should neither freely determine how it ranks web sites nor be able enact a policy that those who engage in practices that it finds damaging to its...
Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog discusses why the case against Craigslist probably won't succeed based on existing legal precedent. As many people already know, Craigslist is being sued under federal housing discrimination law for...
Weinberg on Blocking Certain Types of Search Queries and the Precedent It Might Be Setting - Nathan Weinberg at InsideGoogle reports that Google and MSN might be blocking certain query strings used by "script kiddies" and other hackers.MORE”
The case sets a very interesting precedent. Direct reports on a Supreme Court decision holding that the University of Texas acted within its rights in blocking e-mails from LonghornSingles.com, even though addresses were obtained legally and...
Case Against Playboy Model Could Set Precedent New York Times, April 23, 1998 http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/04/cyber/cyberlaw/17law.html A disclosure statement is at the bottom of the main Search Engines & Legal Issues page.
AllTheWeb validates to W3C standards Webmaster World Forums http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum21/3718.htm "Following the precedent set by the ODP, AllTheWeb has become the first major crawler based search engine to validate their home page to...
The Link Controversy Page http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/˜s-bes1/lcp.html Though somewhat dated, this page offers a comprehensive set of links to the legal issues, precedent and problems of using hyperlinks on the web.
If Precedent Is Any Guide, Google Answers Will Fizzle. Online legal issues news But there are many other map sites on the web, offering more sophisticated or detailed cartographic views. The Maptech MapServer contains over 60,000 topographic maps...
There are very few laws that specifically address Internet law, but there have been a few significant precedent legal cases that have attempted to define acceptable use in the Internet space. At Search Engine Strategies in San Francisco last month...
