Legal Threats Initiated by Correspondence

  • Unknown Homeowner v. Madison
    Date: 09/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Blog
    Mike Madison and two co-bloggers published Blog-Lebo, which covers matters of local interest in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. In September 2007, Madison posted about a neighborhood dispute that arose when a local homeowner re-landscaped his backyard and blocked (or threatened to block)... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/18/2007 - 9:34am - 0 comments
  • Unnamed Businessman v. Disqus
    Date: 12/07/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Disqus is a provider of a website comment system, which enables website operators and bloggers to fight spam and manage the comments appearing on their platforms. It also allows commenters to create profiles that store their comments from all websites and blogs... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/19/2008 - 6:11pm - 0 comments
  • USMLEWORLD v. Digg
    Date: 01/08/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    USMLEWORLD, LLC, a company providing online courses to prepare for the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, sent a cease-and-decease letter to Digg complaining that users were using, posting, and distributing its copyrighted material through Digg links. USMLEWORLD demanded that Digg remove... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/12/2008 - 1:58pm - 0 comments
  • Veranda Partners v. Giles (Letter)
    Date: 02/23/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Website
    Larry Giles set up a website called "The Veranda Park News," which covered events in his residential community, aestethic issues in the neighborhood, and commentary. The site contained statements critical of Veranda Partners, LLC, the housing developer of Giles's community. Through its... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/11/2007 - 7:54pm - 0 comments
  • VeriResume v. Marshall (Email)
    Date: 10/30/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication: Blog, User Comment, Website
    Tabatha Marshall runs a blog and website at TabathaMarshall.com, on which she writes about suspicious online job solicitations and so-called "phishing" practices. Part of her site consists of the "PhishBucket," a "directory of companies / individuals suspected of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/06/2007 - 3:43pm - 2 comments
  • Viacom v. Knight
    Date: 08/29/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Viacom Inc. alleged that independent filmmaker Christopher Knight infringed its copyright by posting a clip of a VH1 television program containing Knight's own video that VH1 had used without permission. YouTube removed Knight's clip at the request of ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/29/2008 - 2:16pm - 0 comments
  • Viacom v. MoveOn.org and Brave New Films
    Date: 03/13/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    MoveOn.org, a progressive political organization, and Brave New Films, LLC, a politically oriented film company, created a video parodying Comedy Central's Colbert Report. The video, entitled "Stop the Falsiness," shows clips of the Colbert Report interspersed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/13/2008 - 6:27pm - 0 comments
  • Vilenchik v. Gregerson (Letter)
    Date: 10/04/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Minnesota
    Publication: Website
    Gregerson is a photographer who maintains a website containing his professional photographs. Vilana Financial, Inc. used two of Gregerson's pictures without permission in phone-book and web advertisements, and print advertisements in a local Russian-language newspaper. Gregerson discovered Vilana's use of his photographs... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/12/2007 - 7:25pm - 0 comments
  • Wal-Mart v. Smith (Letters)
    Date: 12/28/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Website, Other
    On December 28, 2005 and again on February 1, 2006, Wal-Mart sent cease-and-desist letters to Charles Smith and CafePress asserting trademark and unfair competition claims. The letters came after Smith created a website using the domain name www.walocaust.com and started selling nazi-themed... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/24/2008 - 11:14am - 0 comments
  • Warman v. Fournier
    Date: 09/10/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Canada
    Publication: Forum, Website
    Richard Warman is a Canadian human rights lawyer based in Ottawa. Formerly with the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Warman is best known for initiating human rights complaints against members of white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements for engaging in hate speech on the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/28/2007 - 10:18pm - 0 comments
  • Warner Bros. Records v. Music2Nite
    Date: 10/20/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Israel
    Publication: Blog
    Warner Bros. Records sent a cease and desist letter (via Blogger) to Music2Nite, a music blog that had posted materials related to recording artist Madonna. The demand letter not only specified that the blog owner remove a specific post -- Music2Nite primarily... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/22/2008 - 6:56pm - 0 comments
  • Washington Redskins v. Steinberg
    Date: 10/01/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
    Publication: Blog
    According to Techdirt, a representative of the Washington Redskins football team requested that The Washington Post remove photos from Dan Steinberg's Post-hosted D.C. Sports Bog because of alleged violation of the Redskins' credentialing policy.  Steinberg published a post about... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/26/2009 - 12:41pm - 0 comments
  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. v. Knock Off Wood
    Date: 03/04/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Alaska
    Publication: Blog
    On March 4, 2010, a lawyer representing Williams-Sonoma, Inc. sent a demand letter to Ana White, a rural Alaskan housewife and publisher of Knock Off Wood, a blog that teaches readers how to build designer-looking furniture at home. ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/15/2010 - 6:19pm - 0 comments
  • Wrink A Bull Kennels v. Jonathan & Ashley Avidan
    Date: 03/04/2011
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Blog, Website
    The letter sent from Wrink a Bull Kennels is a Cease and Desist order for what she calls malicious and comments that are slander.All of the comments made on the BLOG and to the Department are accurate and supported by medical documentation.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/04/2011 - 1:52pm - 0 comments
  • Zuleger v. Klocko
    Date: 04/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
    Publication: Forum
    Dean Zuleger, the Village Administrator in Weston, Wisconsin, sent a letter to Paul Klocko, a local businessman, demanding that he cease making anonymous derogatory statements about him on the website for the Wausau Daily Herald.  Klocko had... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/04/2009 - 11:30am - 0 comments

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