Spam Notes
"Legal issues relating to unsolicited email and other communications, privacy, Internet security, data protection, spyware and related issues."
Author: Venkat Balasubramani is a solo practitioner in Seattle.
Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • Internet Law • Media & Communications Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Spam Notes
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Verizon Privacy Failure
It's probably hard to read the notice below which I received from Verizon: It says: Unless you provide us with notice that you wish to opt out within 45 days of receiving this letter, we…
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Interesting Reads -- November '09
A partial list of interesting reads from the past month or so:The Law of Social Media: Glenn Manishin has a series of essays on the legal issues raised by social media ("The Law of Social…
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A Social Network / First Amendment Question
Mickey Kaus raises the issue of whether Twitter censors posts to protect celebrities ("Paranoid's Corner: Does Twitter Semi-Censor to Protect Celebrities"). I think the issue raised in his post and update could just as easily…
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Court: Prosecutors Can't Rummage Around in a Defendant's Gmail Account
The government is prosecuting a couple of Bear Stearns hedge funds managers for securities fraud and related offenses. I came across a story that prosecutors obtained evidence from the gmail account of one of the…
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Judge Rejects Attempts by Texas Plaintiffs to Intervene in Beacon Class Action
I mentioned last week that a group of plaintiffs sought to intervene in the class action filed against Facebook in the Northern District of California. The Texas plaintiffs who sought to intervene were part of…
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Power.com Counterclaims Dismissed - Facebook v. Power Ventures
Facebook and Power Ventures have been involved in a lawsuit over whether Power.com can allow its users to access user data on Facebook's network. Facebook brought suit against Power.com asserting a slew of claims ranging…
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Can Creditors Go After Domain Names - Bosh v. Zavala
Most people take it for granted that domain names are property. As such, there shouldn't be much dispute that domain names are subject to the claims of judgment creditors. But I've seen enough resistance to…
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Texas Class Action Aims to Derail Facebook Beacon Settlement
[cross-posted at Professor Goldman's blog]In late September, Facebook announced the settlement of a class action challenging its ill-fated "Beacon" program. Facebook set aside $9.5 million to settle the class claims and agreed to set up…
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State of the Blog - Guest-Posting
I wanted to point out for the handful (one or two) readers of this blog who do not read Professor Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog, that I will be guest-posting at his excellent blog. …
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Kindle 1984 Settlement: Amazon Agrees to Not Disappear Kindle Content
As reported by Eric Engleman in TechFlash, Amazon is one step closer to settling the class action brought against it alleging that Amazon wrongly deleted copies of 1984 from Kindles. Counsel for plaintiffs and…