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Date: 01/12/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed, Material Reinstated
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction:
Publication: Website
Film commentator Kevin B. Lee posted some of his critical video essays on YouTube. Lee's essays contain clips from the films he is reviewing. After receiving a DMCA takedown notice from the rightsholder to the film "And God Created Woman" (designated "INA"...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/10/2009 - 2:19pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/18/2010
Status:
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Maine
Publication: Blog
In August 2010, married couple Alexis and Brett Ingraham sued blogger Madeline Gray for defamation based on statements posted on Gray's website (NickerNews.net) and distributed via flyers. The Ingrahams' alleged that in a series of blog posts in 2010, Gray accused them...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/05/2011 - 9:12am - 0 comments
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Date: 10/07/1998
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Injunction Denied, Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Email
In October 1998, Intel Corporation sued Ken Hamidi, a former employee, in California state court on claims of trepass to chattels and nuisance. The dispute arose when Hamidi created the Former and Current Employees of Intel ("FACE-Intel") website and began sending mass...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 06/11/2008 - 2:39pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/15/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Website
On December 15, 2008, Intellect Art Media, Inc., a Massachusetts-based company that operates a college-level summer program called Swiss Finance Academy, sued Mathew Milewski, a student at Fordham University; Xcentric Ventures, LLC, operators of the website RipoffReport.com; and five anonymous...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/30/2009 - 1:33pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/06/2009
Status: Concluded
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Australia
Publication: Website
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent an email to a Flickr user Richard Giles asking him to cease and desist from distributing and/or licensing photographs of the 2008 Beijing Olympic events that he had photographed while at the games and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/10/2009 - 9:32am - 0 comments
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Date: 07/10/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
After voluntarily dismissing a nearly identical lawsuit in federal court in Florida, Internet Solutions filed a complaint
against Archie Garga-Richardson in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging
defamation, interference with business relationships, trade libel, and
unfair competition under California law. Garga-Richardson...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/15/2008 - 12:08pm - 1 comments
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Date: 01/09/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Email
Internet Solutions filed a defamation lawsuit against Archie Garga-Richardson in Florida state court in January 2009. The complaint alleges that Garga-Richardson sent a defamatory email to four Internet Solutions employees in connection with another Internet Solutions lawsuit against him in...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/22/2009 - 10:09am - 0 comments
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Date: 11/01/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Florida
Publication: Blog
On November 1, 2007, Internet Solutions, a company that runs a number of employment recruiting and Internet advertising businesses, including VeriResume, sued blogger Tabatha Marshall in federal court in Florida. Marshall runs a blog and website at www.tabathamarshall.com, on which...
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Legal Threat - Guest - 11/03/2007 - 5:14pm - 2 comments
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Date: 05/29/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California, Canada
Publication: Forum
On May 29, 2008, counsel for Internet Solutions Corporation and Alec Difrawi sent a cease-and-desist letter and email to Archie Garga-Richardson, the founder of ScamFraudAlert.com, a forum site that focuses on alleged Internet scams, security threats, and fraudulent practices. ...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 06/07/2008 - 1:16pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/12/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total), Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Website
On October 12, 2007, the Islamic Society of Arlington, Texas, and several other Islamic organizations sued Joe Kaufman for libel and intentional infiction of emotional distress in Texas state court. In addition to seeking libel damages, the plaintiffs asked the court to...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 12/05/2007 - 9:49pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/01/2010
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction:
Publication: Blog
In late January 2010, iStockphoto sent a DMCA takedown notice to Tumblr, requesting that it to take down photos hosted on Awkward Stock Photos, a Tumblr blog of funny stock photo images found by users on...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/16/2010 - 7:04pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/07/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Forum
IT Service Management Forum USA (ITSMF), a nonprofit organization supporting IT professionals, filed a defamation lawsuit against its former executive director, James Prunty, alleging that he attempted to discredit the organization by posting comments on the IT Skeptic...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/27/2008 - 5:45pm - 0 comments
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Date: 11/13/2000
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Publication: Forum
iXL Enterprises, an Internet consulting company, sued to obtain the identity of an anonymous internet poster who criticized the company on a Yahoo! message board. iXL claimed that the defendant was an iXL employee, and that the internet postings violated his/her employment...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/18/2009 - 11:20am - 0 comments
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Date: 01/01/1999
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Utah
Publication: Print, Website
In 1999, Brett Bezzant, then-owner of the American Fork Citizen New Utah!, a local newspaper, published a political advertisement prepared and paid for by Bill Jacob, which claimed that an American Fork City ordinance barred two men from running for City Council,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 06/26/2009 - 2:51pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/23/2012
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Publication: Blog, Website
On Febraury 14, 2012, Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum spoke at an event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The Kootenai County Republican Chair, Tina Jacobson, was present at the event and appeared on the stage with Santorum.
The blog Huckleberries Online – which...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/16/2012 - 5:13pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/11/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Retraction Issued, Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog, Email
Bloggers Joy and Tom Okon, operators of North Center Neighbors, a blog that covers happenings in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago, were sued by James Jaeger and his development company for defamation. Jaeger's complaint alleges that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/13/2008 - 2:29pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/15/2004
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (partial)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Publication: Email, Print
Milan Jankovic, aka Philip Zepter, along with two of his businesses, Fieldpoint B.V. and United Business Activities Holding, filed suit against International Crisis Group (ICG), claiming defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and tortious interference with business expectancy. Non-profit ICG publishes newsletters,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/06/2007 - 2:37pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/14/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Publication: Website
In 2007, Jenzabar, a company that makes software systems for colleges and universities, sued Long Bow Group, the maker of a documentary film about the 1989 student protests at Tiananmen Square called The Gate of Heavenly Peace. The...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/11/2009 - 11:57am - 0 comments
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Date: 12/21/2005
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Settled (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
Jews for Jesus, an "international outreach ministry," filed a lawsuit against Google alleging trademark infringement and other claims after Google refused to remove a Blogspot URL identified as "jewsforjesus.blogspot.com." The blog's author, who wrote under the pseudonym "Whistle Blower," was apparently critical...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/29/2007 - 10:23pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/05/2005
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Website
Jews for Jesus, an "international outreach ministry," sent Google a threat letter alleging trademark infringement over the Blogspot URL "jewsforjesus.blogspot.com." The blog, whose author wrote under the pseudonym "Whistle Blower," was apparently critical of Jews for Jesus. When Google did not respond,...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/29/2007 - 10:28pm - 0 comments