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  • Colocation America v. Garga-Richardson (Lawsuit)
    Date: 04/22/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Verdict (plaintiff)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum, Print
    In April 2009, Colocation America, a company providing computer server co-location to companies operating on the Internet, sued Archie Garga-Richardson, the founder and operator of ScamFraudAlert.com.  The complaint, filed in small claims court in California, includes claims for... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/20/2009 - 7:02pm - 0 comments
  • Colocation America v. Garga-Richardson (Letter)
    Date: 03/27/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Forum
    On March 27, 2009, counsel for Colocation America and Mr. Albert Ahdoot sent a cease-and-desist letter to Archie Garga-Richardson, the founder and operator of ScamFraudAlert.com. ScamFraudAlert.com is a forum site that focuses on alleged Internet scams, security threats, and fraudulent... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 04/01/2009 - 7:19pm - 0 comments
  • Comins v. VanVoorhis
    Date: 05/13/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Florida
    Publication: Blog
    Christopher  Comins, an Orange County businessman, filed a defamation lawsuit against Matthew Frederick VanVoorhis, who publishes a wordpress blog called Public Intellectual.  Comins objects to two of VanVoorhis' blog posts from June and August... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/04/2009 - 11:19am - 0 comments
  • Commissioner Bob Cranmer v. Voice PAC
    Date: 02/03/1999
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Material Removed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Website
    Voice PAC, a Pennsylvania "good government" political action committee, carried a satirical piece on its website in which it used a photograph of Bob Cranmar, Commissioner of Allegheny County, that it placed alongside the text. Commissioner Cranmer and the... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/08/2008 - 12:02pm - 0 comments
  • Conde Nast v. Does
    Date: 12/17/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Blog, Social Network, Website
    On December 17, 2009, Conde Nast filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against unknown Doe defendants asserting claims for copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, and violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.  According to the Complaint, sometime... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 01/21/2010 - 2:22pm - 0 comments
  • Conde Nast v. Estabrook
    Date: 02/12/2010
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction:
    Publication: Blog
    In February 2010, Conde Nast Publications sent an email to freelance journalist and blogger Barry Estabrook asking him to remove articles posted on his blog, Politics of the Plate.  Estabrook originally wrote the articles in question for publication in Gourmet... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 02/16/2010 - 5:00pm - 0 comments
  • Confederate Motors, Inc. v. Gawker Media LLC
    Date: 05/14/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Settled (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Alabama
    Publication: Website
    On May 14, 2009, Confederate Motors filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Gawker Media, Jalopnik.com, Grant Ray, and Wes Siler for statements in an article titled "Confederate Motorcycles: MotoTerminators Come to Life," published online at Jalopnik.com on April 9, 2009.... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 07/07/2010 - 3:52pm - 0 comments
  • Connecticut v. Turner
    Date: 06/11/2009
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Criminal Charge
    Jurisdiction: Connecticut
    Publication: Blog
    In June 2009, state authorities in Connecticut charged right-wing New Jersey blogger and Internet radio host Hal Turner with inciting injury to person or property, a class C felony.  According to press accounts, Turner urged readers to "take... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/21/2009 - 6:38pm - 0 comments
  • Connolly v. Cirencione
    Date: 01/01/2004
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Subpoena Enforced
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: New York
    Publication: Forum
    In 2004, Seneca County officials allegedly used improper means to obtain the identities of several anonymous posters on Fingerlakes1.com who posted critical comments about them.  The anonymous posters subsequently filed a lawsuit alleging abuse of process, violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 03/31/2009 - 12:30pm - 0 comments
  • Consociate Inc. v. Macon County Shared Vision
    Date: 06/04/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Illinois
    Publication: Website
    Administrators of the employee healthcare plan for the city of Decatur, Illinois filed a defamation lawsuit against Macon County Shared Vision, a concerned-citizens group that criticized high healthcare costs in several website postings. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint under Illinois anti-SLAPP statute,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/30/2009 - 6:19pm - 0 comments
  • Coons v. Oliphant (Lawsuit)
    Date: 01/31/2007
    Status: Pending
    Disposition:
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Email, Social Network
    On December 22, 2006, John Oliphant sent a mass email and posted on his MySpace page an article entitled "the Worst Party Guest Ever," in which he made insulting remarks about Ron Coons. According to court filings, Oliphant accused Coons of... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 09/10/2007 - 3:59pm - 0 comments
  • Coons v. Oliphant (Letter)
    Date: 12/23/2006
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Correspondence
    Jurisdiction: Tennessee
    Publication: Email
    On December 22, 2006, John Oliphant sent a mass email entitled "the Worst Party Guest Ever," in which he made insulting remarks about Ron Coons and accused him of drugging women at a party. The email included a picture of Coons and... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/15/2007 - 2:26pm - 0 comments
  • Corbett v. Twitter
    Date: 05/06/2010
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Social Network
    On May 6, 2010, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett issued a subpoena from the Statewide Investigating Grand Jury directed at Twitter, Inc.  The subpoena sought "[a]ny and all subscriber information pertaining" to the users of two Twitter accounts, using the screen names... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 05/20/2010 - 4:03pm - 0 comments
  • 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
  • Cousins v. Orr
    Date: 04/07/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Criminal Investigation
    Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
    Publication: Website
    Erie, Pennsylvania police officers allegedly threatened Jeremy Orr and/0r his brother with a federal wiretapping charge if he did not remove a video from YouTube.  The video, which was shot in a bar on Orr's cell phone, showed one of the officers,... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 08/17/2009 - 5:49pm - 0 comments
  • Covington v. King
    Date: 06/11/2007
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Dismissed (total)
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
    Publication: Forum
    Sometime in 2007, statements appeared on Harold King's forum site, "McAlister Watercooler," questioning the legality of Steve Covington's payday loan business and linking him to a former State Senator who had pled guilty to charges of perjury, conspiracy to obstruct a Federal... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/09/2007 - 5:25pm - 0 comments
  • Coweta County v. Newnan Times-Herald
    Date: 07/20/2009
    Status: Concluded
    Disposition: Withdrawn
    Type: Subpoena
    Jurisdiction: Georgia
    Publication: Print, Website
    During a sex discrimination lawsuit brought against Coweta County, Georgia by former county official Leigh Schlumper, the county subpoenaed Sarah Faye-Campbell, a reporter for The Newnan Times-Herald.  According to an article in the Times-Herald, the subpoena asked Faye-Campell "to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 10/14/2009 - 4:18pm - 0 comments
  • Craigslist v. 3taps
    Date: 07/20/2012
    Status: Pending
    Disposition: Dismissed (partial), Lawsuit Filed
    Type: Lawsuit
    Jurisdiction: California
    Publication: Website
    Craigslist is a classified advertisements website with one section of its site dedicated to housing. With a simple design that has not been significantly updated since its creation, craiglist allows users to post (among other things) apartment rental listings. In order to... read full description
    Legal Threat - - 06/11/2013 - 7:46am - 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

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