Category: court

House passes controversial copyright bill that could be abused by trolls

Post author By Randall
Post date October 23, 2019
Categories In abuse, Art, bill, business, case act, copyright, copyright alternative in small-claims enforcement, copyright claims board, court, creators, criticism, doug collins, Entertainment, gear, hakeem jeffries, house of representatives, intellectual property, Politics, Tech, tribunal, vote

[ad_1] Under the current system, copyright cases are expensive and must be heard in federal court. The time and cost involved often deters creators from pursuing legal action. The CASE Act is meant to remedy that by creating a Copyright Claims Board to resolve disputes. It was introduced last spring by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) […]

Judge refuses to block the release of ‘The Laundromat’ on Netflix

Post author By Randall
Post date October 18, 2019
Categories In av, block, case, court, defamation, Entertainment, lawsuit, lawyers, Netflix, panama papers, ruling, Tech, the laundromat

[ad_1] Netflix filed an opposition to the claim, and in a statement, the company said: “This lawsuit was a frivolous legal stunt designed to censor creative expression. Steven Soderbergh’s film tells an important story about the exploitation of innocent people and the misuse of the world’s financial system. Fortunately, you can now watch The Laundromat […]

FBI use of NSA’s electronic surveillance data was illegal

Post author By Randall
Post date October 8, 2019
Categories In americans, constitution, court, database, fbi, foreign intelligence surveillance act, foreign intelligence surveillance court, fourth amendment, gear, intelligence, Politics, prism, Privacy, ruling, search, section 702, section702, Security, surveillance, Tech, tomorrow, us, violated

[ad_1] The NSA database included both “upstream” and “downstream” (better known as PRISM) surveillance of electronic communications collected without a warrant under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In some cases, the database swept up info about American citizens. The FISA court, under U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, found tens of thousands […]

California bill may fill data gaps in the criminal justice system

Post author By Randall
Post date September 16, 2019
Categories In california, court, data, gear, Internet, justice, law, Law Enforcement, Politics, Tech

[ad_1] The bill is still waiting for the governor’s signature, but it could substantially boost California’s attempts at justice reform. Right now, the state’s approach to data varies widely from region to region. This would ensure that pre-trial decisions and sentencing are based on complete data, and would ensure that an arrest doesn’t stay on […]

Police must get warrants to obtain personal data from cars

Post author By Randall
Post date June 17, 2019
Categories In aclu, amicus brief, black box, Cars, court, fourth amendment, gear, georgia, law, Privacy, Tech, Transportation, warrant

[ad_1] After a deadly car crash, Georgia police downloaded data from the Event Data Recorder on Mobley’s car to determine his speed before the crash, using that to level more severe accusations against him. Georgia has contended that this was legal under the Fourth Amendment’s “vehicle exception” allowing searches for physical items, but the ACLU […]

Comcast to pay $9.1 million for adding service plans without consent

Post author By Randall
Post date June 9, 2019
Categories In business, comcast, consumer protection act, court, gear, Internet, internet service provider, isp, law, lawsuit, Tech, washington

[ad_1] Just over 240,000 of the stated violations were committed by signing up customers who were completely oblivious. For the remaining 205,000 violations, Comcast is accused of either failing to mention the cost or falsely representing it. The pure damages will only account for a fraction of the $85 million Comcast is estimated to have […]