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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...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/06/2009 - 2:42pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/18/2011
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Social Network
On March 18, 2011, five plaintiffs (including two minors) sued Facebook in California state court. The plaintiffs claimed to represent the class of people injured by Facebook's introduction of a "Sponsored Story" system, through which Facebook turns certain types of user...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/04/2012 - 2:02pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/28/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Criminal Charge
Jurisdiction: France
Publication: Website
In September 2008, New York University law professor Joseph Weiler was summoned to appear before a French Examining Judge in connection with a complaint of alleged criminal libel made by Dr. Karin Calvo-Goller, a senior lecturer at the Academic Centre of Law...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/10/2010 - 3:31pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/17/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Utah
Publication: Website
In December 2007, FranklinCovey Co., the owner of the copyright in the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, filed suit against Lycos and five "John Doe" defendants, alleging copyright infringement. Lycos operates Angelfire, a website that offers free...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/11/2008 - 1:38pm - 0 comments
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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...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/11/2008 - 1:47pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/04/2006
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Forum
The Freecycle Network (TFN) is a nonprofit corporation that acts as a central administrative point for local recycling communities around the United States and operates a website at www.freecycle.org. It had been operating under this name since 2003, and in 2004 submitted...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/15/2008 - 2:37pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/15/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Website
Direct sales company FreeLife International filed a defamation lawsuit against David Lucas Burge, a natural-foods activist whose website purported to expose FreeLife's health claims about its Himalayan Goji Juice drink. Burge's website, breathe.org, featured an in-depth investigative series that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/13/2008 - 4:00pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/01/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog, Micro-blog
In April 2009, Danyelle Freeman, an author
and restaurant critic for the New York Daily News who runs the Restaurant Girl Blog, had her lawyers send
a cease-and-desist letter to Adam
Robb Rucinsky, the operator of an unflattering parody blog and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/06/2009 - 1:45pm - 0 comments
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Date: 03/30/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Issued, Material Removed, Settled (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Publication: Forum
Diane Fremgen, the clerk of courts for Winnebago County, Wisconsin, sued online forum FullofBologna.com; its operator, Dennis Payne; Studio 28, Payne's web design company; and a John Doe known as Mr. Imperfect for defamation after Mr. Imperfect posted two lewd...
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Legal Threat - Arthur Bright - 07/11/2008 - 3:43pm - 0 comments
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Date: 02/15/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Forum
In February 2008, the Frisco Fairways Homeowners Association filed a defamation suit against three homeowners after they posted critical comments about the association on an online community forum. According to the Dallas News, the lawsuit claims that Mr. Snell,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 04/18/2008 - 12:40pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/15/2003
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Forum
Details on this lawsuit are sparse, but it seems that a group of politically active people in Newburgh, N.Y. sued the creator and webmaster of the former forum section of the city's former official website, http://www.newburgh-ny.com (now redesigned and...
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Legal Threat - Eric P. Robinson - 08/28/2009 - 5:05pm - 0 comments
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Date: 06/02/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Washington
Publication: Blog
On June 2, 2012, attorney Charles Carreon sent a letter on behalf of FunnyJunk, LLC ("FunnyJunk") to Matthew Inman, creator of TheOatmeal.com, which threatened legal action on the basis of a May 2011 blog post by Inman titled "...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/20/2012 - 3:57pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/29/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Blog
On October 29, 2007, a lawyer for the Galveston Independent School District sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sandra Tetley, who operates a "watchdog" blog about the school district called GISD Watch.
We have not been able to obtain a copy...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/15/2007 - 2:03pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/03/2006
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California, Illinois
Publication: Forum, Website
In 2006, Reza Ganjavi, a musician and record producer in the field of classical guitar, filed suit in federal court in California against several named and anonymous Internet posters. Ganjavi alleged that the individual defendants posted negative comments about him on various...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/23/2008 - 11:22am - 0 comments
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Date: 11/20/2006
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Blog, Print, Website
Edward Gannon, a pilot with US Airways, filed a lawsuit against Paula Walker, Sue Burris, and Brian Shunick, three airline attendants, claiming that they defamed him by reporting Gannon's willingness to take-off in an airplane with iced wings to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/28/2009 - 5:54pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/18/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Social Network
This case concerns the "Innocence of Muslims" video, which portrays the Prophet Muhammad in a highly offensive light and caused protests throughout the world in the fall of 2012.
Cindy Lee Garcia was an actress who appeared in the film....
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/26/2012 - 9:41am - 0 comments
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Date: 01/01/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Subpoena
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Publication: Blog
In January 2009, Thomas Garrett, a Virginia chicken farmer, publicist, and self-proclaimed "Hollywood insider," subpoenaed blogger Waldo Jaquith, who publishes cvillenews.com,
a community news blog about Charlottesville, Virginia. Garrett's lawyer served the subpoena in connection with his...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/29/2009 - 3:15pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/19/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Publication: Website
Thomas Garrett, a Virginia chicken farmer, publicist, and self-proclaimed "Hollywood insider," sued the publisher of The Hook, a weekly newspaper in Charlottesville that also publishes content on its website. The complaint, filed in Virginia state court in...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/29/2009 - 3:15pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/16/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Publication: Blog
Derek Bambauer, a law professor and legal blogger, wrote a series of posts about the Garrido v. Krasnansky case on the blog Info/Law. In one of the posts, Bambauer expressed an unflattering opinion about Ms. Garrido, who...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/12/2008 - 5:25pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/07/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Publication: Blog
Maria Garrido and William Krasnansky are spouses involved in divorce proceedings before a Vermont family court. Mr. Krasnansky wrote a "thinly-disguised, fictionalized account" of the end of their marriage on his blog, LookAtMyPugs's Jurnull. On the blog, Krasnansky...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/12/2008 - 4:55pm - 0 comments