Legal Threats Initiated by Correspondence

  • Cosby v. Baio
    Date: 03/02/2006
    Status:
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Andrew Baio, a blogger, posted a Bill Cosby comedy album in full as a tribute to Cosby. He also mirrored a video series, "House of Cosbys," which had appeared on online TV site Channel101, but was taken offline after Cosby's... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Cosby v. Channel101
    Date: 06/01/2005
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Justin Roiland created four episodes of a video series called "House of Cosbys." The series tells the story of a Bill Cosby fan who clones multiple Cosbys, each of whom has a special power. The series aired on the online TV website,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/25/2007 - 3:21pm - 0 comments
  • Creation Science Evangelism v. Rational Response Squad
    Date: 09/16/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Website
    In September 2007, Creation Science Evangelism (CSE), a creationist group founded by Kent Hovind, recently sent a raft of DMCA takedown notices to YouTube complaining that various user-posted videos infringed its copyrights in videos of its seminars. Among those users whose videos... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/24/2008 - 8:54pm - 0 comments
  • Crook v. 10 Zen Monkeys
    Date: 09/19/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed, Settled (total)
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    On September 18, 2006, Lou Cabron, a contributor to the webzine, "10 Zen Monkeys," wrote an article about Michael Crook, the operator of "craigslist-perverts.org," a website that publicized responses to fake personal advertisements posted on Craigslist. In the article, Cabron posted a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 4:04pm - 0 comments
  • CUNY v. CUNY Law Blog
    Date: 04/08/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog
    Note: This is a user-submitted description. The removal of the school's logo and the addition of the disclaimer was not enough for CUNY's general counsel. In the letter they sent on 04/08/08, they said CUNY Law Blog has 10 days to change... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/11/2008 - 4:19pm - 0 comments
  • CW 11 News v. Improv Everywhere
    Date: 04/01/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Website
    After receiving a copyright complaint from the Tribune Company, YouTube took down a video from comedic performance group Improv Everywhere that allegedly infringed copright in a CW 11 (WPIX-TV) news broadcast. The CW 11 broadcast discussed an Improv... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/20/2009 - 1:49pm - 0 comments
  • Demings v. Harris
    Date: 04/17/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    On April 17, 2009, counsel for Orlando Police Chief Val Demings sent a letter threatening legal action against Ezell "Easy" Harris, publisher of Valdemings.com, a website that criticizes her performance in office. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/28/2009 - 1:00pm - 0 comments
  • Democratic National Committee v. FreeRepublic
    Date: 05/10/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On May 10, 2007, a user on the FreeRepublic forum posted that he had heard on a XM Satellite Radio talk show that DNC Chairman Howard Dean had called Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius asking her to politicize the recovery effort from a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Denner v. Boston Bob
    Date: 12/01/2008
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Blog
    On December 1, 2008, the blog-hosting service Blogger removed the blog titled "Jeffrey Denner's ineffective assistance of counsel" after Jeffrey Denner delivered to it a court order prohibiting Derrick Gillenwater from using the words "Jeffrey" or "Denner" or... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 12/03/2008 - 6:17pm - 0 comments
  • Diebold, Inc. v. Online Policy Group
    Date: 10/10/2003
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Sometime in early 2003, an unknown person or persons obtained and reproduced on the Internet copies of an archive of email messages exchanged between employees of Diebold, a manufacturer of electronic voting machines. According to court documents, some emails in the archive... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/14/2007 - 10:27am - 0 comments
  • DirectBuy v. Leonard
    Date: 09/21/2007
    Status:
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Arizona
    Publication: Forum
    Justin Leonard of Scottsdale, Arizona publishes three websites: infomercialblog.com, infomercialratings.com, and infomercialscams.com. These websites give consumers the opportunity to voice their criticisms and defenses of various products and services. On September 21, 2007, DirectBuy, a company... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/18/2007 - 9:51am - 0 comments
  • Doe v. Fortuny (Correspondence)
    Date: 10/04/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Washington
    Publication: Blog
    In October 2006, an unknown individual sent Jason Fortuny and his web host a DMCA takedown notice, complaining about a photograph posted on Mr. Fortuny's blog, RFJason. Mr. Fortuny, a now-famous Internet "troll" who was featured in an ... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/08/2008 - 2:51pm - 0 comments
  • Dolen v. Ryals (Email)
    Date: 11/05/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Texas
    Publication: Website
    According to BustedScammers.com on November 5, 2008, Deborah Dolen, author of several "Do It Yourself" craft books, requested all information about her be removed from their website.  BustedScammers.com also alleges Dolen threatened the owner of their hosting company with legal action. On... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/13/2009 - 4:05pm - 0 comments
  • ePerks.com v. Zablotskyy
    Date: 02/13/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed, Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Vlad Zablotskyy, a former real estate agent and operator of Go Beyond MLS, a blog that is focused on "using modern media and Internet as a marketing tool in the real estate industry," was sued by Brabus Ventures Corporation, which operates ePerks.com, a... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/28/2008 - 10:52pm - 0 comments
  • Exodus Int'l v. Watt
    Date: 03/01/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    Mr. Watt altered a photograph of a billboard that he found on the website of "ex-gay" ministry, Exodus International, and posted it on his blog. The billboard originally read "Gay? Unhappy? www.exodus.to", and Watt altered it to read "Straight? Unhappy? www.gay.com". Through... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Facebook v. Jon Swift
    Date: 11/01/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog, Social Network
    Facebook terminated the profile of Jon Swift, a blogger writing under a pseudonym, for violating its terms of use prohibition on registering a profile under a fake name. Swift wrote about the profile termination and posted the email (from Aubrey, a Facebook... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 11/29/2007 - 4:56pm - 0 comments
  • Flavaworks v. Cannick
    Date: 07/18/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Blog
    The Chicago Department of Public Health released a Winter 2006 report regarding a “cluster” of HIV and other STD outbreaks at a Chicago apartment building. The report noted that the outbreaks were associated with Flavaworks, an Internet pornography company that had used... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Fox News v. McCain
    Date: 10/25/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Broadcast, Website
    Senator John McCain's presidential campaign broadcast an advertisement on television and on McCain's website featuring an eighteen-second video clip excerpted from the GOP presidential debate that had been broadcast on the Fox News Channel the week before. In the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/26/2007 - 4:37pm - 0 comments
  • Fox Television WFLD-TV v. Progress Illinois
    Date: 11/18/2008
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed, Material Reinstated
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Website
    On November 18, 2008, Fox Television sent a letter to YouTube demanding the takedown of a video uploaded by Progress Illinois, an organization that "provides online news and commentary on issues important to Illinois working families and the progressive movement... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/06/2009 - 2:42pm - 0 comments
  • FranklinCovey v. Lycos, Inc. (takedown notices)
    Date: 08/02/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
    Publication: Website
    On August 2, 2007, FranklinCovey, the owner of the copyright in the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, sent a DMCA takedown notice to Lycos, alleging copyright infringement. Lycos operates Angelfire, a website that offers free space, as well... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/11/2008 - 1:47pm - 0 comments

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