http://www.blawgrepublic.com/cat/Internet-and-Society/ INTERNET AND SOCIETY NEWS Condesa Inc. Blawg Republic http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/02/01/6-interesting-technology-law-issues-raised-in-the-facebook-ipo/ Patent trolls, open source, do not track, SOPA, PIPA and much, much more: Facebook’s IPO filing has a real zoo of issues. The securities laws require that companies going public identify risk factors that could adversely affect the company’s stock. Fac http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/31/fourth-amendment-privacy-cell-phone-mobile-device-digital-camera/ I was honored to be a guest on this morning’s episode of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s show Listen Out Loud, talking with host Dave Miller about the recent case of http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/30/dmca-fair-use-copyright-youtube-takedown-notice/ The 2012 presidential election cycle is already giving internet law enthusiasts things to talk about. Last week it was Ron Paul’s grumblings about an unauthorized campaign ad on YouTube. Now NBC is moaning about a http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/28/are-nonpirate-megaupload-users-entitled-to-compensation-from-the-government/ People who used Megaupload to lawfully store and transfer files are rightfully upset that their stuff is unavailable after last week’s raid. Some groups in other countries say they are g http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/27/subpoena-facebook-account-discovery-privacy-relevance/ Tompkins v. Detroit Metro. Airport, 2012 WL 179320 (E.D. Mich. January 18, 2012) Plaintiff filed a personal injury lawsuit against defendants claiming she was impaired in her ability to work and enjoy life. One of the defendants filed a motion with the court askin http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/26/ron-paul-not-allowed-to-find-out-who-posted-mean-video-about-jon-huntsman-on-youtube/ Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee, Inc. v. Does, 12-00240 (N.D. Cal. January 25, 2012) (Hat tip to Venkat for posting a http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/25/megaupload-takedown-reminds-us-why-website-terms-and-conditions-can-be-important/ 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 ag http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/E-commerceLaw/~3/ImM-GFkAGA0/ipad-apps-for-lawyers.html After months of waff http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/24/ordering-defendant-to-decrypt-hard-drive-did-not-violate-her-fifth-amendment-rights/ U.S. v. Fricosu, 10-CR-00509 (D. Colo. January 23, 2012) Pursuant to a warrant, federal agents seized defendant’s laptop from her home. When investigators turned it on, they http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/23/supreme-court-gps-device-attached-to-car-was-an-unconstitutional-search/ U.S. v. Jones, 565 U.S. ___ (2012) Decision looks to 18th century sensibilities on the sanctity of personal property to resolve modern day legal problem occasioned by technology. Today th http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/22/cops-violated-fourth-amendment-in-warrantless-search-of-digital-camera/ Schlossberg v. Solesbee, 2012 WL 141741 (D.Or. January 18, 2012) Plaintiff was being questioned by defendant police officer when defendant noticed plaintiff was using a digital camera to capture the exchange. The cop got enraged and took the camera away. He arrest http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/20/if-you-critique-sopa-read-the-text-if-you-read-the-text-read-it-right/ Earlier this week Eriq Gardner speculated in a tweet that less than one tenth of one percent of folks have actually read the SOPA legislation. I bet he’s right. It’s good to read the statute. But what might be http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/18/sopapipa-reading-list/ This list is a work in progress. Brad Feld: Why SOPA & PIPA Must Be Stopped (GigaOM) SOPA Will Take Us Back to t http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/17/no-deposition-of-account-holder-allowed-until-he-is-named-as-defendant-in-bittorrent-copyright-case/ Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v. Doe, 2012 WL 90412 (E.D. Cal. July 11, 2012) In a mass copyright infringement suit, plaintiff served a subpoena on an internet service provider and got the identifying information for the account holder suspected of trading a copy o http://blog.internetcases.com/2012/01/15/wedding-photographer-not-responsible-for-risque-photos-of-bride-posted-online/ Plaintiff bride logged onto her wedding photographer’s website and saw photos of herself wearing only underwear. She emailed an employee of the photographer, who promised to take the offending photos down. But they remained on the website even after plaintiff shared the online password with