Legal Threats Initiated by Correspondence

  • Miami Herald v. Bill Cooke d.b.a. Random Pixels
    Date: 08/20/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On August 20, 2009, counsel for the Miami Herald sent a cease and desist letter to Bill Cooke, the blogger behind Random Pixels, accusing him of copyright infringement.  The Herald alleged that Random Pixels was reproducing entire articles and ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/23/2009 - 11:58am - 0 comments
  • Michael Crook v. BoingBoing
    Date: 11/01/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Canada
    Publication: Blog
    In November 2006, BoingBoing reported that its Canadian-based ISP received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice from Michael Crook requesting that BoingBoing remove a screengrab of him from a Fox News channel program "Hannity and Colmes"... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/18/2008 - 2:20pm - 0 comments
  • Michael Mann v No Cap and Trade, Minnesotans for Global Warming
    Date: 03/08/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Minnesota
    Publication: Website
    The following is a user-submitted description: Michael Mann, one of the central figures in the recent climate-data scandal, is best known for his "hockey stick graph," which was the key visual aid in explaining how the world is warming at an alarming... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/26/2010 - 8:00pm - 0 comments
  • Miss Universe v. National Organization for Marriage
    Date: 05/04/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Broadcast, Micro-blog, Social Network, Website
    On May 4, 2009, counsel for Miss Universe L.P., LLP ("MUO") sent a cease-and-desist letter to the National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") complaining about an advocacy ad entitled "No Offense," which incorporates excerpts from... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/06/2009 - 2:48pm - 0 comments
  • MonaVie v. Lazy Man and Money
    Date: 08/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In August and September of 2009, MonaVie LLC sent two cease-and-desist letters to Lazy Man and Money, a personal finance blog authored by Corey Whitlaw.  MonaVie produces, markets and distributes "MonaVie" juices, açai berry drinks that are rich in antioxidants. MonaVie... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/28/2009 - 2:24pm - 0 comments
  • Moore v. Boing Boing
    Date: 12/15/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In December 2009, counsel for Demi Moore sent a demand letter to Boing Boing, in regard to a November 17 Xeni Jardin post titled "Was Demi Moore Ralph-Laurenized on 'W' mag cover, with missing hip-flesh?."  The... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/28/2010 - 5:26pm - 0 comments
  • Moore v. Jezebel.com
    Date: 12/15/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    In December 2009, counsel for Demi Moore sent a demand letter to Anna Holmes, Editor-In-Chief of Jezebel.com, in regard to a Jezebel post from November that speculated about whether Moore's cover photo for W Magazine had been photoshopped... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/27/2010 - 7:20pm - 0 comments
  • MyNutritionStore.com v. Forte
    Date: 06/18/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: North Carolina
    Publication: Forum
    On June 18, 2008, a lawyer for Mynutritionstore.com, a provider of "science based Nutraceuticals" and "turnkey Internet business opportunit[ies]," sent an email to Julia Forte in which he threatened to sue her over user comments on the website... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/27/2008 - 3:49pm - 0 comments
  • National Organization for Marriage v. Maddow
    Date: 04/13/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed, Material Reinstated
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Broadcast, Website
    According to Wired's Threat Level blog, in April 2009 the anti-gay-marriage group National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") sent a DMCA takedown notice to YouTube, demanding that it take down a clip from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show. ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/06/2009 - 3:33pm - 0 comments
  • National Organiztion for Marriage v. YouTube Users
    Date: 04/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    In April 2009, the anti-gay-marriage group National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") sent a number of DMCA ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/06/2009 - 4:00pm - 0 comments
  • National Portrait Gallery v. Coetzee
    Date: 07/11/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Wiki
    Counsel for the National Portrait Gallery in London sent a cease-and-desist letter to a U.S. citizen in July 2009, complaining about his posting of images of thousands of its portraits on Wikimedia Commons, a site associated with Wikipedia.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/11/2009 - 11:42am - 0 comments
  • National Security Agency v. McCall
    Date: 03/15/2011
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    McCall is a designer who creates parodies of the official seals of the National Security Agency ("NSA") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") for use on T-shirts, mugs and similar merchandise. Merchandise containing McCall's designs were offered for sale on... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/23/2014 - 4:37pm - 0 comments
  • New School of Orlando Preparatory v. McSween (Letters)
    Date: 09/06/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On September 6, 2007, counsel for New School of Orlando Preparatory, an Orlando private school, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sonjia McSween, the parent of a former student. The letter claimed that statements appearing on McSween's blog, "Say NO to New School... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/20/2007 - 2:45pm - 0 comments
  • New York Times v. Newser
    Date: 02/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Website
    On February 25, 2009, Michael Wolff, founder of Newser, blogged that Newser had recently received a letter from the New York Times requesting that it stop using the Times' "T" logo.  Newser is a news aggregator and curator... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/11/2009 - 4:07pm - 0 comments
  • New York Times v. Republican Governors Association
    Date: 06/17/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Website
    A lawyer for the The New York Times has sent a cease and desist letter to the Republican Governors Association that takes issue with the layout, name and typefaces of a satirical RGA website, which the Times says is "clearly intended to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/24/2009 - 12:13pm - 0 comments
  • Newport Television, LLC v. Free Press
    Date: 07/01/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Website
    Non-profit media reform organization Free Press recently created a brief video related to its "Change the Channels" campaign, a campaign to resist what it calls the "covert consolidation" of media companies. The video included a critique of Jacksonville,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/14/2011 - 8:32am - 0 comments
  • News America, Inc. v. Google Inc. (Letter)
    Date: 07/08/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    An anonymous blogger posted the entire contents of the New York Post's Page Six column on a blog without advertisements. On July 8, 2005, counsel for News America (the parent company of the Post) sent Google (the parent company of Blogger) a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
  • Novins v. Cannon (Letter)
    Date: 01/30/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Forum
    On January, 30, 2009, Charles Novins, an attorney in New Jersey, sent a letter to Kevin A. Cannon stating that he was planning to file a lawsuit against Cannon, Cannon's employer TSB Bearings, Inc., and several others who were not named, for... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/19/2009 - 4:32pm - 0 comments
  • O'Malley v. Karkhanis (Letter)
    Date: 04/18/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    Kingsborough Community College/City University New York (KCC/CUNY) emeritus professor Sharad Karkhanis allegedly published defamatory statements about Susan O'Malley, a KCC/CUNY English professor and faculty union representative, in his online newsletter, "The Patriot Returns!!" Through her lawyer, O'Malley sent ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/13/2008 - 3:20pm - 0 comments
  • Obi v. Netcetera
    Date: 01/22/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
    Publication: Blog
    Dublin-based alternative medicine practitioner Dr. Joseph Chikelue Obi sent a cease-and-desist letter through his "adviser" to Netcetera, the web hosting company for Dr. Andy Lewis (a.k.a Le Canard Noir), who provides skeptical commentary on alternative medicine on his Quackometer blog.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2008 - 4:36pm - 0 comments

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