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  • United States v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, USA, Inc.
    Date: 05/20/2004
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Convicted
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: New Jersey
    Publication: Website
    On March 2, 2006, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) and six of its members were convicted of terrorism and Internet stalking under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The group was charged with engaging in various forms of harassment and intimidation... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/20/2009 - 11:06am - 0 comments
  • United States v. Turner
    Date: 06/24/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Blog
    - In June 2009, federal authorities in Chicago charged right-wing New Jersey blogger and Internet radio host Hal Turner with threatening "to assault and murder three United States judges with intent to retaliate against [them] on account of performance of official duties," in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/21/2009 - 7:34pm - 0 comments
  • United States v. Weaver
    Date: 06/11/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Convicted
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Virginia
    Publication: Website
    On June 11, 2009, Jeffrey Weaver was criminally indicted for statements he posted to InfoWars.com that threatened a California transit police officer and threatened the officer's family.  InfoWars.com is a website run by talk radio host Alex Jones. According to the affidavit... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/02/2009 - 6:03pm - 0 comments
  • United States v. White (updated)
    Date: 10/21/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Website
    The United States indicted William White, webmaster of the white-supremacy website Overthrow.com, alleging that he solicited others to harm "Juror A," the foreperson of the jury that convicted Matt Hale, another white supremacist, of soliciting the murder of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/06/2010 - 2:51pm - 0 comments
  • Universal City Studios v. Lavandeira
    Date: 02/20/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Celebrity gossip blogger, Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton), posted topless photo of Jennifer Aniston on his blog. Universal City Studios claims that the photo was part of the production or post-production footage for the movie "The Break-Up." Universal filed a copyright infringement... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:55pm - 0 comments
  • Universal Communication Systems v. Lycos
    Date: 07/02/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total), Injunction Denied
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida, Massachusetts
    Publication: Forum
    Universal Communication Systems ("UCS") and its CEO, Michael Zwebner, sued Lycos, its Spanish parent company Terra Networks, and several anonymous users of Lycos's Raging Bull forum after the anonymous users created a forum about UCS and criticized the company there.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/11/2008 - 5:49pm - 0 comments
  • Universal Music Group v. Malkin
    Date: 05/03/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Podcast
    Michelle Malkin, a political commentator and columnist, publishes a daily video podcast called "Vent with Michelle Malkin." The video podcast appears on Malkin's conservative Internet broadcast network Hot Air and is also regularly posted on YouTube. In the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/13/2008 - 7:37pm - 0 comments
  • Universal Music v. Lenz
    Date: 06/04/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Website
    In July 2007, Stephanie Lenz sued Universal Music in federal district court in California for claims arising out Universal's sending a DMCA takedown notice to YouTube regarding a video posted by Lenz. According to Lenz's complaint, she posted a video... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/07/2007 - 10:32am - 0 comments
  • Universal v. Reimerdes
    Date: 01/14/2000
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Injunction Issued, Settled (partial)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    In 2000, several movie studios filed suit against Shawn Reimerdes, Roman Kazan, and Eric Corley after 2600.com published the DVD descrambling program DeCSS, which allowed users to circumvent anti-piracy protections allegedly in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/21/2009 - 7:12pm - 0 comments
  • University of Delaware v. Murakowski
    Date: 04/20/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Delaware
    Publication: Website
    Maciej Murakowski, a nineteen year-old student at the University of Delaware, created a website in June 2005 on the university's servers that included violent and sexually graphic material. According to the complaint Murakowski subsequently filed, in one post, titled “Talking... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/26/2007 - 6:39pm - 0 comments
  • University of Minnesota Duluth v. Varsity Athletes
    Date: 04/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Minnesota
    Publication: Social Network
    During the 2006-07 academic year, the University of Minnesota Duluth banned student-athletes from using popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace. The University asked students to stop using the sites after an online posting resulted in... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2008 - 9:48pm - 0 comments
  • 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
  • USA Technologies v. Doe
    Date: 08/27/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California, Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    In August 2009, USA Technologies, Inc. sued two "John Doe" defendants in Pennsylvania federal court over critical comments posted on the Yahoo! Finance message board dedicated to the company. According to EFF, the pseudonymous commenters criticized what they claim is the consistently... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/09/2010 - 4:07pm - 0 comments
  • USA Technologies v. Yahoo!
    Date: 09/24/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Subpoena Quashed
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: California, Pennsylvania
    Publication: Forum
    In August 2009, USA Technologies, Inc. sued two "John Doe" defendants in Pennsylvania federal court over critical comments posted on the Yahoo! Finance message board dedicated to the company. According to EFF, the pseudonymous commenters criticized what they claim is the consistently... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/09/2010 - 4:15pm - 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
  • Utah Lighthouse Ministry v. Wyatt
    Date: 04/25/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Utah
    Publication: Website
    The Utah Lighthouse Ministry (UTLM), an organization that publishes information critically analyzing the history and doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), sued Allen Wyatt, his company Discovery Computing, Inc. (DCI), the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/12/2008 - 3:46pm - 0 comments
  • Valdosta State University v. Barnes
    Date: 05/07/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Disciplinary Action
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Social Network
    T. Hayden Barnes, a student at Valdosta State University, expressed opposition on environmental grounds to the planned construction of two parking garages on the University campus. His campaign included a cut-and-paste collage that he posted on his FaceBook page... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/31/2008 - 2:17pm - 0 comments
  • Vanginderen v. Cornell
    Date: 10/29/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Print, Website
    Kevin Vanginderen, a Cornell graduate, sued Cornell University seeking $1 million in damages for libel and publication of private facts after Cornell made available online an 1983 issue of the Cornell Chronicle newspaper that reported that Vanginderen had been charged for third... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/29/2008 - 6:26pm - 0 comments
  • Veranda Partners v. Giles (Lawsuit)
    Date: 03/09/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Website
    Larry Giles set up a website called "The Veranda Park News," which covered events in his residential community, aesthetic issues in the neighborhood, and commentary. Allegedly, his site included statements to the effect that the housing developer of his community, Veranda Partners,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments

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