Law Blog
This blawg covers news, legal or otherwise, with a focus on technology and privacy law.
Author: David Sorkin is an associate professor at John Marshall Law School. He serves on the faculty of John Marshall's Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law and LL.M. Program in Information Technology Law, and as a faculty adviser for its international moot court competition and Journal of Computer & Information Law.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Professors • Media & Communications Law • Copyright Law • John Marshall Law School • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Law Blog
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Kentucky's Internet gamble
Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky is seeking to seize more than one hundred gambling-related domain names. A judge initially rejected the governor's bid and has scheduled a hearing for October 7. See coverage in the…
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Gimme an "A"!
As anyone who has flown Southwest Airlines well knows, Southwest doesn't assign seats in advance. Instead, you are assigned a boarding priority when you check in at the airport or online, up to 24 hours…
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R.I.P.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell died today. I met him once, in 1986 or so, when he came to my law school to give a talk. While I disagreed (and still do) with most of what…
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More CDA Immunity Cases
A couple of cases involving service provider immunity under the CDA (47 U.S.C. § 230(c)) came down within the past week. In Chicago Lawyers' Committee v. Craigslist, Inc. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 14, 2006), the court…
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E360 Insight v. The Spamhaus Project
I'm following the E360-Spamhaus dispute with great interest, and have been discussing it in my Cyberspace Law seminar at The John Marshall Law School. The case presents some fascinating issues in the areas of spam…
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Watch out for the googly eyes!
Google apparently has been sending out cease-and-desist letters complaining about the word "google" used as a generic term for searching the Internet (E-Commerce News; ZDNet News). I don't think we really need "google" (or "googling")…
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Don't mess with my tivo (generically speaking)
TiVo, which manufactures digital video recorders (DVRs), is involved in a patent dispute with EchoStar, the owner of Dish Network. TiVo alleges that the generic DVRs offered by Dish to its subscribers infringe upon various…
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Captain Copyright is a stinkybutt poopyhead
In the spirit of my now-static Don't Link website, here is an unauthorized link to a Canadian website that apparently doesn't like being linked to: "Captain Copyright" is a site operated by Access Copyright, the…
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Parody for Dummies
I recently ran across this item on Amazon.com: a book entitled Ventriloquism for Dummies (Black Moss Press, 2002). It doesn't appear to be approved or licensed by Wiley, but it does look a lot like…
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Blogging for dummies
OK, I admit I've been delinquent in posting to this blog; it's just not particularly high on my priority list at the moment. But I couldn't resist posting about this item (via Marty Schwimmer's Trademark…