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Date: 05/06/2013
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Blog
Peteski Productions is the copyright owner of the television show the Dr. Phil Show, and Gawker Media is the owner of the sports news website Deadspin.com. This dispute concerns coverage by both Deadspin.com and the Dr. Phil Show addressing the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/10/2013 - 9:49am - 0 comments
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Date: 04/08/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Publication: Forum
BoroughVENT.com, an online forum to discuss the Borough of Gettysburg, PA and surrounding region, and one of its adminstrators, Debra Golden, were the recipients of a complaint filed with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The complaint, brought by two...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 05/08/2008 - 12:54pm - 1 comments
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Date: 07/15/2011
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Micro-blog
PhoneDog, LLC, an "interactive mobile news and reviews resource," filed suit against former employee Noah Kravitz on July 15, 2011, for ownership of a Twitter account Kravitz used while he was employed by PhoneDog. As a product reviewer for PhoneDog, Kravitz was...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/09/2012 - 5:09pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/16/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
In August 2007, Stuart Pivar sued science blogger P.Z. Meyers and Seed Media Group, LLC (SMG) for defamation in federal court in New York.
According to the complaint, Pivar is an "industrial, inventor and scientist" who edited a book called Lifecode, which...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 11/15/2007 - 2:05pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/26/1995
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Publication: Print, Website
Planned Parenthood and the other plaintiffs sued the American Coalition of Life Activists (ACLA) and others for alleged violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
Specifically, the plaintiffs objected...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/26/2009 - 11:05am - 0 comments
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Date: 06/26/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Print, Website
Platinum Equity, LLC, the parent company of the Union-Tribune newspaper, sent a letter to the San Diego Reader, another local newspaper with a website edition, cautioning them against publishing a story on two lawsuits charging Platinum with workplace sexual harassment....
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/26/2009 - 7:12pm - 0 comments
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Date: 07/11/2008
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Publication: Blog
In July 2008, freelance writer and gay rights blogger David Nahmod, who blogs on David's Open Forum and on the gay news website www.lavenderliberal.com, was enjoined by an Arizona judge from posting online the names or hometown of a couple in Arizona...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/15/2008 - 4:34pm - 0 comments
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Date: 10/02/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition: Material Removed
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California, Canada
Publication: Blog
In October 2009, Ralph Lauren sent a DMCA takedown notice to Boing Boing's webhost, Priority Colo, alleging that Boing Boing's posting of a Ralph Lauren advertisement violated its copyright. The Ralph Lauren advertisement featured a...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 10/14/2009 - 12:53pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/03/2001
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Texas
Publication: Blog
In 2001, the Port Arthur Independent School District sued Philip Klein and his company Klein & Associates Political Relations for defamation after Klein published a post on the South East Texas Political Review blog stating that a "huge fight" had...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/15/2008 - 3:32pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/25/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Dismissed (total)
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Publication: Website
Powermark Homes Inc., a homebuilder in Ohio, and two of its principals, Mark and Lisa Powers, sued the anonymous operator of Powermark Homes Alert. At the time of the suit, the homepage for the site included a picture of Mark...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/23/2008 - 11:38pm - 0 comments
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Date: 01/06/2006
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: California
Publication: Website
Jeffrey Pratt, a lawyer at the California law firm Peters & Freedman, sued
Elizabeth and Arnold McMahon for libel and invasion of privacy based on statements they posted on their website, American Homeowners Resource Center, which describes itself as...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/16/2008 - 6:07pm - 0 comments
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Date: 02/12/2013
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Blog, Email, Forum
This action is closely linked to two other threats in the database: Steele v. Godfread and Duffy v. Godfread.
Plaintiff Prenda Law is a law firm that has brought numerous plaintiff-side copyright cases concerning the sharing of movies...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 03/07/2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments
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Date: 01/30/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Publication: Blog, Broadcast
Sheldon H. Pressler, a principal of the law firm Pressler & Pressler LLP, sued Scott Mills, publisher of the CAIPNJ blog, for defamation in New Jersey state court. The complaint also named CAIPNJ.org and CAIPNJRadio as defendants. Pressler alleges...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/04/2009 - 12:38pm - 0 comments
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Date: 04/20/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Publication: Broadcast, Website
According to a local police report, Ronald Price, a school board member, took a number of campaign signs supporting democratic congressional incumbent, Brad Miller, and put them in the trunk of his car. The county democratic party, which owned the signs, did...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 09/10/2007 - 3:58pm - 0 comments
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Date: 11/06/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: California, China, Netherlands
Publication: Website
Lawyers for the musician formerly known, and now currently known, as Prince have sent cease-and-desist letters and at least one
DMCA takedown notice to the three largest Prince fansites, Prince.org, Princefams.com, and Housequake.com,
demanding that...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 01/25/2008 - 2:59pm - 0 comments
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Date: 05/14/2010
Status: Concluded
Disposition:
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Publication: Blog
On May 14, 2010, Princeton University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers, Daniel J. Linke, sent an email to RedState, a right-of-center blog, requesting that RedState remove a copy of Elena Kagan's undergraduate thesis from their...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 06/18/2010 - 3:32pm - 0 comments
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Date: 08/20/2008
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Publication: Blog
Privé Vegas, LLC and two of its owners sued Las Vegas-based blogger Michael Politz in August 2008, alleging trademark infringement, dilution, and "disaparagement" under the Lanham Act, defamation, trade libel, tortious interference with business relations, and extortion. The company operates...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 08/25/2008 - 6:24pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/11/2007
Status: Concluded
Disposition: Withdrawn
Type: Correspondence
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Publication: Website
YouTube.com shut down the account of Showing Animals Respect And Kindness ("SHARK"), an animal rights activitist group, after the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association ("PRCA") filed DMCA takedown notices in December 2007 regarding SHARK videos that...
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Legal Threat - Arthur Bright - 07/11/2008 - 4:07pm - 0 comments
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Date: 09/21/2007
Status: Pending
Disposition: Injunction Issued
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Publication: Email, Website
Programmes Internationaux D'Echanges (P.I.E.), a French nonprofit that organizes student exchange programs, filed suit against Danielle Grijalva, director of the Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students (CSFES), over emails and postings on CSFES's website that criticized the...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 07/18/2008 - 5:39pm - 0 comments
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Date: 12/12/2009
Status: Pending
Disposition:
Type: Lawsuit
Jurisdiction: New York
Publication: Blog
On December 12, 2009, Matthew Brian Proman and NAPW, Inc. (d/b/a National Association of Professional Women) sued Google, Inc. and 10 John Doe defendants in New York state court, asserting claims for "misappropriation of Plaintiffs' names for trade and advertising purposes" and...
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Legal Threat - DMLP Staff - 02/25/2010 - 3:41pm - 0 comments