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  • Blue Jeans Cable Not Cowed by Monster's Roar, Wendy Seltzer, April 15, 2008

  • Air Force DMCA-Bombs YouTube, Wendy Seltzer, from a report at Wired's Threat Level, March 7, 2008

  • Here Comes Another Takedown, Wendy Seltzer, December 19, 2007

  • Best Buy Apologizes For Cease & Desist Letter to Laughing Squid Blog, Wendy Seltzer, via Scott Beale of Laughing Squid, December 12, 2007

  • Prince Threatens to Sue Fansites, Peter Ostrovski, November 12, 2007

  • Black Friday Ads: the Prequel, Wendy Seltzer, October 22, 2007

  • Sen. McCain Calls Fair Use on Fox, Associated Press, October 26, 2007

  • Public Citizen challenges "copyrighted" C&D, Greg Beck, Public Citizen Law & Policy Blog, October 5, 2007

  • MediaDefender Claims Analyzed, Peter Ostrovski, October 7, 2007

  • Media Defender Struggles to Defend Leaked Emails, Peter Ostrovski, September 27, 2007

  • BBC NEWS: DVD DRM row sparks user rebellion, BBC News, May 2, 2007

  • The Silencing of Internet Radio?, Jeremy P., Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic - Boalt Hall, March 12, 2007

  • Better Know a Lawsuit, Andy Gass, Samuelson Clinic, Boalt Hall, March 27, 2007

  • Blu-Ray and HD DVD already singing the broken DRM blues?, Yaser Herrera, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic - Boalt Hall, March 18, 2006

  • RIAA Refuses to Share Even After Verdict in Defendant's Favor, Niki R. Woods, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic - Boalt Hall, February 23, 2007

  • ViaCom's Dragnet Catches a Few "Dolphins", Elvin Lee, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic - Boalt Hall, February 14, 2007

  • A Perfect 10 Storm for Google’s Book Search Program?, Stephen Dang, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, February 27, 2006

  • Viacom Tells YouTube: Hands Off, GERALDINE FABRIKANT AND SAUL HANSELL, New York Times, February 3, 2007

  • YouTube Threatens Legal Action Against Host of Video Download Tool, In an ironic twist, YouTube demandsTechCrunch remove tool which allows users to download YouTube videos, Samuelson Law, Public Policy and Technology Clinic, November 17, 2006

  • The Shot Heard 'Round The Blogosphere, David E. Snyder, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic -- Boalt Hall, December 8, 2006

  • "Stuffing" the DMCA "Turkey" with 6 New Exemptions a Day Before Thanksgiving, Jason H. Tokoro, Samuelson Law Technology & Public Policy Clinic - Boalt Hall, November 23, 2006

  • Turkey with a Side of DMCA Abuses, Elizabeth Gonsiorowski, Brooklyn Law School, November 16, 2006

  • No trademark for stealth..., Elizabeth Gonsiorowski, Brooklyn Law School, November 6, 2006

  • EFF files suit for damages over abuse of DMCA, Aaron Schohn - Samuelson Law Technology and Public Policy Clinic - Boalt Hall, November 12, 2006

  • Cities Making Waves: Dude, Where’s My “Surf City USA”?, Kristy Murphy, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, November 2, 2006

  • Second Life -- A Whole New World of Trademark Infringement?, Sarah Adamczyk, Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley, October 27, 2006

  • Apple goes to bat over "Pod" trademark, Sarala V. Nagala, Samuelson Law, Technology, & Public Policy Clinic, Boalt Hall UC Berkeley, October 19, 2006

  • Don't Host It Girl.com?, Alan Massengale, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, UC-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), October 27, 2006

  • Copyright Questions Dog YouTube, Verne Kopytoff, San Francisco Chronicle, October 27, 2006

  • We're Google. So Sue Us., KATIE HAFNER, New York Times, October 23, 2006

  • Music Companies Grab a Share of the YouTube Sale, ANDREW ROSS SORKIN AND JEFF LEEDS, New York Times, October 19, 2006

  • Microsoft's Zune Music Player Incompatible With Microsoft's Own DRM Ecosystem, Ross Housewright, Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley, October 24, 2006

  • LimeWire Strikes Back against the RIAA (Cartel?), Sarah Simmons, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, UC-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), October 13, 2006

  • When High School Gossip Goes Hi-Tech, Elizabeth Gonsiorowski, Brooklyn Law School, October 2, 2006

  • Taking it to the Streets, plus Librarians on the March?, Heather C. McGhee, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, September 28, 2006

  • Suit Alleges Illegal Use of 'Charging Bull' Image, Dow Jones/the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2006

  • Game On: MLB can't control fantasy leagues' use of stats, Elizabeth Gonsiorowski, Brooklyn Law School, September 8, 2006

  • 30 Days of DRM: Suggestions to moderate a Canadian DMCA, Elizabeth Gonsiorowski, Brooklyn Law School, September 8, 2006

  • High court justices sound cool toward Internet libel case, Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, September 6, 2006

  • The Trusted Platform Module – Creating a Safe Public Space or a DRM Nightmare?, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, January 8, 2006

  • Now the Music Industry Wants Guitarists to Stop Sharing, New York Times, August 21, 2006

  • State GOP sues caucus for use of party names, Gary Harmon, GJSentinel.com, May 2, 2006

  • Anti-War West Point Grads Get Trademark C&D, Melissa McEwan, The Raw Story, May 19, 2006

  • Free Speech Vindicated in OPG v. Diebold, Wendy Seltzer, September 30, 2004

  • Free Speech v. Trademark Rights: Has the weather changed?, Sarah Mazzie-Briscoe, DePaul University College of Law, March 19, 2006

  • Scheme to Mislead Software Reseller Results in Loss of Right to Assert Microsoft Copyrights, Samuelson Clinic, UC-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), October 31, 2005

  • Apple Gets Cease and Desist Order from Lugz, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, November 12, 2005

  • U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether MercExchange wins an injunction against eBay, Sara Adibisedeh, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, November 28, 2005

  • How A “Some Rights Reserved” Copyright Launched Three Dudes To Saturday Night, Erica Brand, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, UC--Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), November 30, 2005

  • The Patent Epidemic, BusinessWeek Online, January 9, 2006

  • Cutting Through the Patent Thicket, Greg Blonder, BusinessWeek Online, December 20, 2005

  • Chilling Effects Internationally, Wendy Seltzer, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, July 24, 2005

  • iPod accessory maker sues rival in patent spat, Ina Fried, CNet News.com, December 15, 2005

  • Visto sues Microsoft for patent infringement, SillconValley.com, December 15, 2005

  • Quantifying the DMCA's Chill: A forthcoming report, November 22, 2005

  • Worst DRM scheme ever? Sony BMG CDs install unremovable hidden software that leaves users’ computers vulnerable to malicious attacks., Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, November 5, 2005

  • Stoller Strikes Out.....Again!, David Kozman, DePaul University College of Law Technology/Intellectual Property Clinic, October 23, 2005

  • White House C&Ds the Onion over Presidential Seal, Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times, October 25, 2005

  • Dell, Office Depot sued over alleged infringement, Inquirer Staff, The Inquirer, August 31, 2005

  • DRM in a Budget Bill? Groups Discourage Congress from Requiring Broadcast Flag Technology, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, September 25, 2005

  • Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. Freezes On-Line Gamers with an Eight Circuit Court Victory, Amy Keating, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, September 19, 2005

  • Court Sees Clearly Now: "Use" in 1 800-Contacts, Inc. v. WhenU.Com, Inc. and Vision Direct, Inc., Chloe Hecht, DePaul University College of Law Technology/Intellectual Property Clinic, September 25, 2005

  • IPod Maps Draw Legal Threats, Matt Reed, Wired News, September 26, 2005

  • Having a Bad Hair Day? Customer tries to get even with Bosley Medical., Ameet Patel, DePaul University College of Law Technology/Intellectual Property Clinic, September 14, 2005

  • Techies weigh in on patent bill, Anne Broache, cNet News.com, September 15, 2005

  • Invalidation of key Lemelson patents upheld, Sillcon Valley.com, September 12, 2005

  • Federal Circuit ruling allows repair and maintenance of machines under Copyright Act and DMCA, Tara Wheatland, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, September 2, 2005

  • Fourth Circuit Rules For Critic in Falwell Domain Name Dispute, Public Citizen, August 26, 2005

  • Perot Backs $200 Million Bet On Patents, Tomas Kellner, Forbes.com, August 9, 2005

  • Jim Bessen's Critique of Mann, Jim Bessen, Research on Innovation, July 1, 2005

  • Branson Attempts to Rip "Virgin" From the Dictionary, July 10, 2005

  • Safety in Patents: New Evidence of their Importance, Business Week Online

  • EU Software Patent Directive Rejected, Ingrid Marson, ZDNet UK, July 6, 2005

  • NYT on STEALTHy Cease-and-Desists, Wendy Seltzer, via New York Times, July 4, 2005

  • Dilbert on Patents, Scott Adams, Dilbert.com

  • EFF Publishes Legal Guide for Bloggers, Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 13, 2005

  • Too much patent reform, too few real fixes, POPA newsletter, June 1, 2005

  • The Monopoly Factory: Want to fix the economy? Start by fixing the patent office., Zachary Roth, Washington Monthly, June 1, 2005

  • Google DMCA Takedowns: A three-month view, Michael Davis-Wilson, Electronic Frontier Foundation volunteer, June 2, 2005

  • 007 Dis(Gold)members Austin Powers, Marcus Errico, E! Online, January 25, 2002

  • Ford run over by hyperlinks, By Wendy McAuliffe, ZDNet News, January 31, 2002

  • Aimster.com Out -- Madster.com In, Danielle T. Furfaro, Business writer, TimesUnion.com, January 24, 2002

  • Acacia sues Intel, TI for patent infringement, Computer Business Review Online, April 20, 2005

  • Always Low Prices weblog C&D'd by Walmart, Always Low Prices weblog, April 6, 2005

  • Court upholds part of patent judgment against eBay, Silliconvalley.com, March 16, 2005

  • FEPP Reports on Fair Use and Cease and Desist Letters, Tricia Beckles and Marjorie Heins, Free Expression Policy Project, February 4, 2005

  • AP sends cease-and-desist letter to BCS, Associated Press, USA Today, December 21, 2004

  • Legal setback for music industry in fight against piracy, Heise.de, December 22, 2004

  • Poles push patents of EU agenda, Ingrid Marson, ZNet UK News, December 21, 2004

  • Acacia purchase creates Net patent powerhouse, John Borland, CNet News.com, December 16, 2004

  • Web services patents fetch $15.5 million, Alorie Gilbert, CNet News.com, December 6, 2004

  • RIAA/SDMI Letter to Professor Ed Felten (April 9, 2001), April 9, 2001

  • Kodak Wins Java Suit, Ben Rand, Democrat & Chronicle, October 2, 2004

  • Sex.com CEO joins fight against Acacia, John Borland, CNet News.com, October 20, 2004

  • EPO revokes patent on Indian wheat, Sify.com, October 5, 2004

  • Patent owner stakes claim in Net ad suit, Stefanie Olsen, CNet News, January 4, 2004

  • Patriot Scientific Widens Net on Patent Claims, Mark Hachman, eWeek, April 23, 2004

  • Federal Court Broadens DMCA Safe Harbors, Paul Festa, C|Net News.com, July 21, 2004

  • iPod Compatibility Lands Real in Trouble with Apple, New Media Age, MacNewsWorld, August 17, 2004

  • How Liberty Was Lost on the Internet, Christian Ahlert, sp!ked-IT, June 1, 2004

  • Unsafe Harbors: Abusive DMCA Subpoenas and Takedown Demands, Wendy Seltzer, Electronic Frontier Foundation, September 26, 2003

  • Actress Tries to Slap Gawkers, Daniel Terdiman, Wired News, July 18, 2004

  • Proposed Bill Would Criminalize File-Sharing, John P. Mello Jr., TechNews World, March 30, 2004

  • Coder Sues Distributor of Kazaa Software, Alex Veiga, AP Business Writer, eWeek, March 17, 2004

  • Letter indicates that states have set sights on P-to-P, Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service, March 17, 2004

  • Pirates of the European, Waldemar Ingdahl, Tech Central Station, March 12, 2004

  • Consumers challenge FCC antipiracy rules, John Borland, CNET News.com, March 10, 2004

  • EU passes tough new antipiracy law, John Borland, CNET News.com, March 3, 2004

  • P2p ops want to see RIAA 'filter', p2pnet.net News, March 10, 2004

  • SCO User Lawsuits Target DaimlerChrysler and AutoZone, Matthew Aslett, Computer Business Review Online, March 4, 2004

  • Congress Targets Digital Pirates, Cade Metz, PC Magazine, April 8, 2004

  • Hollywood's new lesson for campus file swappers, Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com, April 19, 2004

  • Schools raided by FBI in pirating crackdown, Billy House, Monica Mendoza and Brent Whiting, The Arizona Republic, April 21, 2004

  • Napster investors to face music in U.S. court, Sue Zeidler, Forbes.com, April 20, 2004

  • U.S., 10 other countries take steps to stop Internet piracy, Associated Press, April 23, 2004

  • RIAA sues 532 'John Doe' file swappers, Paul Roberts, IDG News Service, January 21, 2004

  • Frequently Asked Questions About The Recording Industry's Use of "John Doe" Lawsuits, RIAA Website, January 21, 2004

  • Targeted by Music Biz, Woman Sues Under RICO Act, Brooks Boliek, BizReport.com, February 20, 2004

  • Privacy reduction's next act, Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, February 9, 2004

  • RIAA embarks on new round of piracy suits, John Borland, CNET News.com, January 21, 2004

  • RIAA steps up file-trading suits, John Borland, CNET News.com, February 17, 2004

  • On campus, fears grow about file-sharing, Justin Fenton, Sun Staff, February 29, 2004

  • Congress Eyes Internet Fraud Crackdown, David McGuire, E-Commerce Times, February 15, 2004

  • New RIAA file-swapping suits filed, John Borland, CNET News.com, March 24, 2004

  • Music industry hit all wrong notes in court, Tyler Hamilton, Toronto Star, April 5, 2004

  • Florida Court Sends RIAA Away, Wired News Report, Wired News, April 1, 2004

  • RIAA lawsuits help terrorists, Kai Stinchcombe - Stanford University, p2pnet.net News, April 8, 2004

  • Forsythe Awarded Fees in Barbie Fight, Bill Werde, New York Times, June 29, 2004

  • King of luncheon meat takes on the Spam King, Out-Law.com, June 18, 2004

  • Fan fiction runs wild on the Web, Allan Hoffman, The Star-Ledger, April 11, 2004

  • Novell Quotes AT&T on Derivative Works, Slashdot, March 9, 2004

  • AT&T Trips Up SCO, Frank Hayes, LinuxInsider, February 24, 2004

  • Microsoft Checks Off Patent Win, David Becker, CNet News.com, June 8, 2004

  • Microsoft's New Plan to License Has Linux Fans Worries, Don Clark, Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2004

  • How 'Liberty' Disappeared from Cyberspace: The Mystery Shopper Tests Internet Content Self-Regulation, Christian Ahlert, Chris Marsden and Chester Yung, May 1, 2004

  • Patent piracy or Goliath's comeuppance?, Bob Sullivan, MSNBC.com, April 30, 2004

  • Gripe Site Win: TrendMaker Homes Critic Keeps trendmakerhome.com, Paul Alan Levy, CircleID, April 30, 2004

  • EFF To Fight Dubious Patents, Amit Asaravala, Wired News, April 19, 2004

  • Garage Door Opener Company Loses DMCA Claim, Amalie Weber, December 18, 2003

  • TiVo wins pause technology patent suit, Richard Shim, CNet News.com, February 10, 2004

  • Porn Sites Fight for Right to Stream, Rick Karr, NPR, February 6, 2004

  • Microsoft loses round in patent case, Reuters, CNet News.com, January 29, 2004

  • Booble receives notice from Google, Booble, January 20, 2004

  • MikeRoweSoft Names His Price, AP, January 26, 2004

  • FTC Calls for Patent Reform, John Leyden, The Register, October 30, 2003

  • Judge rules Microsoft infringed Eolas patent, John Borland, CNet News.com, January 14, 2004

  • TiVo sues Echostar over DVR Patent, Richard Shim, News.com, January 5, 2004

  • Artist Can Toy With Barbie's Image, Lisa Girion, Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2003

  • Patenting Air or Protecting Property? (TechNews.com), Jonathan Krim, Washington Post, December 18, 2003

  • CD-burning software prompts patent suit, David Becker, News.com, December 15, 2003

  • Microsoft wins HTML application patent, Paul Festa, News.com, December 10, 2003

  • MicroStrategy Sues Over Patents, Reuters, News.com, December 10, 2003

  • 321 Studies Loses One Battle, but Continues the War, Debbie Galante Block, eMedia Live, December 5, 2003

  • ACLU Represents Student in Download Case, AP, Yahoo! LAUNCH - News, December 2, 2003

  • Let Reverse-Engineering Go Forward, Lorraine Woellert, TechNewsWorld, November 5, 2003

  • Electronic Voting Firm Drops Legal Case Against Free Speech Advocates , Rachel Konrad / AP Wire, San Jose Mercury News, December 1, 2003

  • Diebold C&D ruling coming soon, p2pnet.net, November 18, 2003

  • Kucinich Requests House Judiciary Committee Hearing Kucinich Requests House Judiciary Committee Hearing On Diebold’s Abuses Of Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Doug Gordon, Representative Kucinich's Press Release, November 21, 2003

  • United Kingdom: "Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Copyright Infringement In The Digital Age", Ben Challis, Mondaq, November 24, 2003

  • US District Court Ruling Absolves Skylink Technologies From Alleged Violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act By Chamberlain Group, PRNewsWire, Silicon Valley Biz Ink, December 1, 2003

  • Going by the Rules with Software Flaws, Joseph Menn, Seattle Times, November 29, 2003

  • Caught by the Act: Digital Copyright Law Ensnaring Businesses, Individuals Over Fair Use, Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, November 12, 2003

  • Ed Felten, Tinkerers' champion, The Economist, June 20, 2002

  • Anticircumvention Rules: Threat to Science, Pamela Samuelson, Science Magazine, September 14, 2001

  • Content Owners Making New DMCA Claims; Gnutella Sites, SDMI Expert All Get Letters, Mark Cutler, E-Commerce Law Daily - The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., April 27, 2001

  • Service Providers as Speech Police, Associated Press, April 7, 2002

  • Record Labels Want 4 Internet Providers to Block Music Site, Amy Harmon, New York Times, August 17, 2002

  • Student Will Not Be Disciplined for Memos , Zachary M. Seward, The Harvard Crimson, November 24, 2003

  • Caught by the Act: Digital Copyright Law Ensnaring Businesses, Individuals Over Fair Use, Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, November 12, 2003

  • File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech, John Schwartz, New York Times, November 3, 2003

  • Patent office to re-examine Eolas patents, Paul Festa, CNet News.com, November 11, 2003

  • FTC Report on Patents and Competition, Federal Trade Commission, October 1, 2003

  • Web Group Backs Microsoft in Patent Suit, Steve Lohr, NYTimes.com, October 29, 2003

  • Copyright Officials Rule Against Lexmark, Jack Kapica, The Globe and Mail, October 29, 2003

  • Library of Congress Issues DMCA Anticircumvention Rule, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, October 28, 2003

  • HP criticises printer ink rival for DMCA suit, Ian Fried, ZDNet UK / CNet News.com, February 6, 2003

  • Debate heats up as student spots hole in CD protection, Kevin Maney, USA Today, October 26, 2003

  • Music to My Peers, Chris Marlowe, Hollywood Reporter, October 22, 2003

  • College Removes Diebold Memos, Matthew Fitting, The Phoenix: Swarthmore College's Online Student Newspaper, October 23, 2003

  • Students Fight E-Vote Firm, Kim Zetter, Wired News, October 21, 2003

  • DirecTV Takes No Prisoners, Lucas Graves, Wired, November 1, 2003

  • ISP Rejects Diebold Copyright Claims Against News Website, EFF, October 16, 2003

  • Microsoft sued over music downloads, John Borland, CNET News.com, October 13, 2003

  • Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction in DMCA Printer Chip Case, AP, Wired News, February 28, 2003

  • Judge Delays Ruling in Printer Chip Case, Roger Alford, Associated press, February 7, 2003

  • First Jury Trial Conviction Under DMCA, Paul Festa, C|Net News.com, September 23, 2003

  • Student Reveals Simple Keystroke Disables New CD Copy Protection, Associated Press, Salon.com, October 10, 2003

  • SunnComm Copy Protection Disabled with One Keystroke, John Borland, C|Net News.com, October 7, 2003

  • SunnComm Threatens Lawsuit for Revealing Simple Hack, John Borland, C|Net News.com, October 9, 2003

  • SunnComm Withdraws Threatened Lawsuit of Grad Student, Declan McCullagh Declan, C|Net News.com, October 10, 2003

  • Blackboard Erases Research Presentation with Cease-and-Desist, TRO, Jennifer Jenkins, Center for the Study of the Public Domain, September 30, 2003

  • EU patent plan gets thumbs up, Mathew Boersma, CNET News.com, September 24, 2003

  • Diebold Shuts Down Blackboxvoting.org With Legal Threats, September 25, 2003

  • Eolas says it would settle over IE, Paul Festa, News.com, September 19, 2003

  • Eolas suit may spark HTML changes, Paul Festa, News.com, September 19, 2003

  • Amazon wins patent for ordering forms, Dawn Kawamoto, CNet News.com, September 2, 2003

  • Online Gamers Feel the Chill of Blizzard's DMCA Suit, Aaron Burstein, January 6, 2003

  • Music Parody Site Pulls the Plug (then returns), Danit Lidor, Wired News, August 20, 2003

  • Ad firm 24/7 pushing for patent power, Stephanie Olsen, News.com, August 14, 2003

  • RIM loses patent-infringement ruling, Richard Shim, News.com, August 5, 2003

  • Microsoft loses key patent ruling, By John Borland, MSNBC, July 16, 2003

  • Protection of Non-U.S. Trademarks under U.S. Law, Mark Matuschak and Vinita Ferrera, Hale & Dorr Internet & IP Alert, July 21, 2003

  • Music firms subpoena IDs in Web downloads, Ted Bridis, Associated Press, July 19, 2003

  • DirecTV dragnet snares innocent techies, Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus, July 17, 2003

  • Patent suit hits Real, Listen.com, Sandeep Junnarkar, News.com, July 1, 2003

  • Can Netflix Patent Stymie Rivals?, Wired News, June 25, 2003

  • Netflix Says Granted Patent on DVD Rental Service, By Ben Klayman, Reuters, June 24, 2003

  • Peer-to-peer users to receive cease-and-desist warnings, Associated Press, June 18, 2003

  • Stanford Student Quashes Subpoena for Doe Information, Stanford Center for Internet & Society, January 22, 2003

  • Suing For The Right To Recycle, The MicroEnterprise Journal

  • Pattern develops in DMCA charges, CNet News.com, June 4, 2003

  • Virginia jury rules against Ebay in patent case, Andrea Orr, Reuters, May 27, 2003

  • EBay's Patent Pounding, Cynthia L. Webb, Washington Post, May 28, 2003

  • W3C Makes Patent Ban Final, Paul Festa, News.com, May 21, 2003

  • W3C Adopts Royalty-Free Patent Policy, W3C, May 21, 2003

  • Celebrities' image rights vs. First Amendment, Harriet Chiang, San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 2003

  • RIAA apologizes for erroneous letters, Declan McCullagh, Cnet news.com, May 13, 2003

  • RIAA apologizes for threatening astrophysicists, Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, May 12, 2003

  • News updates from RIAA v. Verizon, Verizon archive

  • MS legal threat derails Foxpro on Linux demo, John Leyden, The Register, April 17, 2003

  • Court blocks security conference talk, John Borland, CNet News.com, April 15, 2003

  • Blackboard Blackout, Jamie, Slashdot, April 14, 2003

  • Acacia: A Patent On Porn?, Seth Lubove, Forbes.com, April 2, 2003

  • Jury turns down internet patent claims, Grant Gross, Computerworld, March 12, 2003

  • Who Holds the Patent on Internet Transactions?, Grant Gross, Technology- PC World, February 27, 2003

  • Amazon awarded patent for retail chat, Dawn Kawamoto, ZD Net, February 27, 2003

  • Microsoft speaks, site goes dark, Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com, March 7, 2003

  • White House Targets Satirist's Web Site, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press, March 6, 2003

  • Taubman v. Webfeats: Domain Names are Speech, Sixth Circuit Opinion, February 7, 2003

  • Sixth Circuit Supports Sucks Sites, Martin H. Samson, Esq., Partner, Phillips Nizer LLP, Internet Library Case Update, February 20, 2003

  • E-Commerce Battles 'Me'-Commerce, David Streitfeld, Los Angeles Times (free reg.), February 8, 2003

  • Divine Intervention, Mark Del Franco, Catalog Age Magazine, catalogmag.com, January 1, 2003

  • Court rules for critic, owner of taubmansucks.com, David Shepardson, Detroit News, February 9, 2003

  • AOL's Jekyll and Hyde act (RIAA v. Verizon), Farhad Manjoo, Salon, February 10, 2003

  • New Foe for Webcasters in Royalty Fight, Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2003

  • Domain Name Disputes Decline as Internet Matures, Tamara Loomis, New York Lawyer, February 6, 2003

  • Patent scare hits streaming industry - Tech News - CNET.com, John Borland, CNet News.com, February 6, 2003

  • SBC enforcing all-encompassing Web patent, ComputerWire, The Register, January 23, 2003

  • E-Commerce Patent Threat, Jon Van, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 2003

  • SBC stakes claim on Web frames patent, Lisa M. Bowman, News.com, January 21, 2003

  • E-commerce patent threat, Jon Van, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 2003

  • DMCA defendant to stop making chip, Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, January 10, 2003

  • Divine Inc. extracts dotcom tithe from UK firm, John Leyden, The Register, January 9, 2003

  • Furniture Store Wins Injunction Against Critic Site Using its Name, Associated Press, January 7, 2003

  • An Exhibition That Borrows Brazenly, CHRIS NELSON, New York Times, January 7, 2003

  • Marc Rousso Links, marc-rousso.com

  • Grocery Shopping Website, started circa 1990, peapod.com

  • Patenting The Process, John Soat, Information Week, December 16, 2002

  • Madness In Methods? An Eye On The U.S. Patent Office, John Soat, Information Week, December 16, 2002

  • Copyright dispute becomes quite a yarn, Lisa Moricoli Latham, Seattle Times, December 16, 2002

  • More insight on divine's patent strategy, September 20, 2002

  • Truth, Ownership and Scientific Tradition, Robert B. Laughlin, Physics Today.org

  • Europe's ISPs Overrun with Website Take-Down Orders, Reuters, December 11, 2002

  • Dow Jones Must Defend Action on Web Defamation in Australia, Dow Jones Newswire, December 10, 2002

  • FTC Settles Domain Name Suit, Dawn Kawamoto, news.com, December 3, 2002

  • Crichton wins 'cybersquatting' case, BBC News, December 4, 2002

  • Reseller wins right to use TM in domain name, Martin Samson, Phillips Nizer LLP Internet Library Case Update, October 31, 2002

  • Left gets nod from right on copyright law, Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, November 20, 2002

  • Bargain Shoppers Chilled by Retailers' DMCA Threats, Eddan Katz, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, November 22, 2002

  • Naval Academy seizes computers from nearly 100 midshipmen, Jessica R. Towhey, The Capital, November 25, 2002

  • Divine patent -- a shopping cart loaded with cash?, Charles Cooper, ZDNet.com, November 23, 2002

  • Retailers Wield Copyright Law Against Shopping Sites, Brian Krebs, Washington Post Online, November 20, 2002

  • Big Retailers Squeeze FatWallet, Brian McWilliams, Wired News, November 20, 2002

  • U of Fla.'s copy shops under fire for packet, Elaine Helm, The Daily Northwestern, November 14, 2002

  • Journalist gets cease-and-desist for use of own name, Bill Wyman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 14, 2002

  • Sexually explicit dolls may be a fair use of Barbie, John Woods, New York Law Journal, November 7, 2002

  • University backs down on link ban, Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, October 8, 2002

  • Localized Google search result exclusions, Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman, Berkman Center

  • Band Can't Sell Own Music on EBay, Brad King, Wired News, October 24, 2002

  • Divine patent--a shopping cart loaded with cash?, Charles Cooper, ZDNet, October 18, 2002

  • Web site parody irks McCallum, Pete Millard, The Business Journal, Milwaukee, October 18, 2002

  • Taking aim at the mod squads, Eric Hellweg, CNN Money / Tech Investor, October 14, 2002

  • Court declares Internet duck a federally protected species, Washington Post, September 20, 2002

  • Copyright Issues: Digital Divide, Drew Clark and Bara Vaida, National Journal, September 6, 2002

  • Can John Doe Stay Anonymous?, Jeffrey Terraciano, Wired News, February 21, 2001

  • High Court Rules Against Students, Associated Press, Wired News, June 20, 2002

  • Nominet Overturns Scooby Doo Decision, September 13, 2002

  • University bans controversial links, Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, September 26, 2002

  • We Can Run, but We Can't Hide: How BayTSP is Enforcing the Digital Millennium, Robert X. Cringely, September 19, 2002

  • Sherman, Set the Wayback Machine for Scientology, Ernest Miller, LawMeme, September 24, 2002

  • Nissan vs. Nissan, Andrew Leonard, Salon.com, June 3, 2002

  • Judge: Ohio candidate can keep using duck to mock governor despite AFLAC's objections, PAUL SINGER, Associated Press Writer, Yahoo! News, September 17, 2002

  • Bill Simon's Online Bid for Governor Backfires, Brian Faler, Washingtonpost.com, September 9, 2002

  • Falwell parody site preaches free speech, Declan McCullagh, c/net News.com, September 10, 2002

  • Web piracy-crackdown spawns stealth platforms, Reuters Limited, May 1, 2001

  • DVD hacker to keep challenging ruling, Sue Zeidler, Reuters, January 30, 2002

  • A Fan's Compilation of Fan Fiction Sites, November 8, 2001

  • Who Owns Xena?, Andrew Leonard, Salon magazine, July 3, 1997

  • 'The Future of Ideas': Protecting the Old With Copyright Law, Daniel Zalewski, New York Times Book Review, January 6, 2002

  • Lucas Loses Porn 'Toon Tiff, January 18, 2002

  • 'Star Wars' fans clash with Lucas over film contest, Amy Harmon, New York Times News Service, April 26, 2002

  • Ford Shuts Down Dot-Com Dead Pool Site, Paul Festa, News.com, August 26, 2002

  • E-Gray spoof site no joke for eBay, Troy Wolverton, CNet News.com, September 6, 2002

  • Baseball Cracks Down on Web Sites, Larry McShane, TechNews.com, September 1, 2002

  • EBay Weighing Legal Options on E-Gray Site, Associated Press, September 6, 2002

  • A burning issue for online copiers, Richard Poynder, Financial Times, January 30, 2002

  • Piracy raids turn up suspects, more sites, Reuters, CNET.com, January 14, 2002

  • Baseball Cracks Down on Web Sites, Larry McShane, Associated Press, September 1, 2002

  • Watchdogs rap RIAA's file-trade assault, Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, August 30, 2002

  • ICANN Proposes 'Grace Period' For Deleted Addresses, David McGuire, BizReport.com, February 15, 2002

  • Miller Brewing Company v. The Miller Family, Anne M. Wallace, Q.C., Panelist, National Arbitration Forum, April 15, 2002

  • Microsoft "wont break Lindows", By James Middleton, VNUNet.com, February 20, 2002

  • Music body presses anti-piracy case, Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, August 21, 2002

  • HP, Bug-Hunters Declare Truce, Kim Zetter, PCWorld.com, August 9, 2002

  • Godzilla vs. the blog thing, Paul Festa, CNet News.com, August 14, 2002

  • Godzilla vs. the blog thing, Paul Festa, CNet News.com, August 14, 2002

  • HP withdraws DMCA threat, John Leyden, The Register, August 2, 2002

  • MetsOnline.net reportedly thwacked with trademark threats, Declan McCullagh, Politech, July 31, 2002

  • Security warning draws DMCA threat, Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, July 31, 2002

  • Copyright as Cudgel, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Chronicle of Higher Education, August 2, 2002

  • MetsOnline.net Ordered To Cease & Desist, MetsOnline.net, July 31, 2002

  • Judge allows critic to name car dealership on Web site, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

  • New Challenge to Digital Copyright Law, Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, July 25, 2002

  • Movie Industry Takes Active Role in Fighting Piracy, Simon Avery, Associated Press, July 22, 2002

  • Abortion activist sued for cybersquatting, Associated Press

  • Newsbooster keeps on fighting , Official announcement from Newsbooster.com:, July 12, 2002

  • Deep Linking and Database Protection, BNA Electronic Commerce & Law Report, July 17, 2002

  • Hollywood gets tough on copying, Bob Sullivan, MSNBC, July 12, 2002

  • Deep Linking Lunacy, Chris Sherman, SearchDay, July 7, 2002

  • Web site barred from linking to Danish newspaper Web sites, Jan M. Olsen, AP, July 5, 2002

  • Deep Linking's Legal Link on Hold, Farhad Manjoo, Wired News, June 27, 2002

  • 'Ranger' Vs. the Movie Pirates, Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, June 19, 2002

  • Linking, a fundamental premise of the Web, is challenged, Anick Jesdanun, AP, June 9, 2002

  • BSA Taps Crawler to Fight Piracy, Caron Carlson, eWeek, June 3, 2002

  • Copyfight Renewal: Owners of Digital Devices Sue to Assert the Right to Record, Mike Musgrove, Washington Post, June 7, 2002

  • Digital Pirates Beware (Copyright Bots at work), Wade Roush, Technology Review, June 1, 2002

  • Another Run to a Deep-Link Suit, Declan McCullagh, Wired News, May 14, 2002

  • Runnerworld.com v. LetRun.com, LetsRun.com

  • Paranoia, stupidity and greed ganging up on the public, Dan Gillmor, Mercury News, May 4, 2002

  • Font Companies Crack Down on Student, Lisa M. Bowman, CNET News.com, May 3, 2002

  • Site Barks About Deep Link, Farhad Manjoo, Wired News, May 1, 2002

  • Political cybersquatting scores a win, By Lisa M. Bowman, news.com, April 29, 2002

  • Google Begins Making DMCA Takedowns Public, Don Marti, Linux Journal, April 12, 2002

  • VeriSign To Stand Guard For Online Brands, Prof. Michael Geist, BNA's Internet Law New, December 6, 2001

  • E-mail problems dog @Home customers, Stefanie Olsen, CNET News.com, December 7, 2001

  • x-AOL.com and AOL-x.com names Transferred to AOL, James P. Buchele, National Arbitration Forum, February 1, 2002

  • Playmate Checkmates Hef's Mag, By Declan McCullagh, Wired.com, February 7, 2002

  • Loosening government hold on .us, Reuters, news.com, February 12, 2002

  • Sex.tv Sues The .tv Corporation, Kathee Brewer, AVN Online, February 12, 2002

  • US Govt. Agency Says .us Procurement (Partly) Unlawful, Michael, ICANN Watch, February 14, 2002

  • eBay settles lawsuit against similar site BidBay, AP, sfgate.com, February 20, 2002

  • Abortion Foes Stage Cyber Sit-In, By Katie Dean, wired.com, March 6, 2002

  • E. & J. GALLO WINERY v. SPIDER WEBS LTD., No. 01-20333, US Courrt of Appeals for the 5th Cir, findlaw.com, April 3, 2002

  • EFF backs ISP in online gaming dispute, David Becker, CNET News.com, March 12, 2002

  • Vivendi sues ISP over online games, David Becker, ZDNet News, April 8, 2002

  • Florida Gov. Bush Moves to Trademark His Name, Associated Press, April 8, 2002

  • Free speech and the Internet; a fish story, Katharine Mieszkowski, Salon.com, April 4, 2002

  • Falwell Preaches Against Parody, Julia Scheeres, Wired News, April 4, 2002

  • Intel forces yoga group to fight for its name, David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, March 29, 2002

  • MP3.com yanks song with illegal DVD-hacking code, Corey Grice, CNet News.com, September 13, 2000

  • Church v Google, round 2, John Hiler, Microcontent News, March 22, 2001

  • How the Church of Scientology is forcing Google to censor its critics, John Hiler, Microcontent News, March 21, 2002

  • Google Yanks Anti-Church Sites, Declan McCullagh, Wired News, March 21, 2002

  • Copy Catfight, Jesse Walker, Reason Online, March 1, 2000

  • Intel It's Not, Reynolds Holding, San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 2002

  • Copy Controls: Fair Use or Foul Play?, Tom Spring, PCWorld.com, March 15, 2002

  • Defining Ruling Issued in Hyperlink Patent Case, Brenda Sandburg, The Recorder, March 14, 2002

  • Chained Melodies, Damien Cave, Salon.com, March 13, 2002

  • It's bloody hard to run a forum (in Sweden), Drew Cullen, The Register, March 8, 2002

  • Analysis of BNETD and Blizzard, Ernest Miller, Lawmeme, February 26, 2002

  • Some games aren't fun, Russell Pavlicek, InfoWorld, March 11, 2002

  • Free Speech Under Attack, Glenn Harlan Reynolds, TCS: Enviro-Sci, March 6, 2002

  • EFF and Law School Clinics Launch ChillingEffects.org, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, February 25, 2002

  • News Corp. Exec Blasts P2P Piracy, Reuters, March 4, 2002

  • Adobe Copyright Case in Court, Michelle Delio, Wired News, March 4, 2002

  • unicom.com Registrant Wins Right to Keep Name, Chip Rosenthal, save.unicom.com, February 4, 2002

  • News: Do You Know Your Online Rights?, Michael Singer, Silicon Valley Internet.com, February 25, 2002

  • Weather Reports, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, February 25, 2002

  • ReplayTV Is Not Another Napster, Jane Black, Business Week, February 6, 2002

  • Vivendiuniversalsucks.com confuses WIPO panel, WIPO Panel, November 20, 2001

  • First Circuit Says ACPA Trumps UDRP, Prof. Michael Geist, BNA's Internet Law News, December 6, 2001

  • WIPO Briefing Paper Internationalized Domain Names, WIPO Electronic Commerce

  • Fourth Circuit limits parody defense in PETA, Fourth Circuit, August 23, 2001

  • Online Piracy Fight: Next Up, Consumers, Amy Harmon, New York Times, December 31, 2001

  • Piracy raids turn up suspects, more sites, Reuters, CNET.com, January 14, 2002

  • Shielding ISPs from criminal liability, Gwendolyn Mariano, CNET.com, February 13, 2002

  • N.Y. puts eBay on guard for WTC items, Reuters, February 22, 2002

  • Court Denies Ford Preliminary Injunction Against Fuckgeneralmotors.com, Robert H. Cleland, U.S. District Court, Eastern Dist. Michigan, December 20, 2001

  • Elephant's 'E' Irks G.O.P., Amy Harmon, New York Times, February 16, 2002

  • Suits Target Carte Blanche Posting, Rebecca Fairley Raney, Online Journalism Review, USC Annenberg, February 7, 2002

  • WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center- British Nuclear Fuels plc v. Greenpeace International, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, January 10, 2002

  • Attorneys Sanctioned in Cybersquatter Dispute, Mark Hamblett, New York Law Journal, January 29, 2002

  • eBay causes Lego site to change name, Troy Wolverton, Special to ZDNet News, ZDNet News, February 5, 2002

  • Linking Patent Goes to Court, Reuters, February 7, 2002

  • Bigger Not Better With Copyrighted Web Photos, Brenda Sandburg, The Recorder, February 7, 2002

  • Brands, free speech clash over domains, Michael Geist, Globe and Mail, February 7, 2002

  • Search engines sued for delivering hits based on payment, Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2002

  • Time to rewrite the DMCA, Rep. Rick Boucher, CNet News.com, January 29, 2002

  • Ford Appeals Court Ruling On Domain Name Spoof, David McGuire, BizReport.com, February 1, 2002

  • HC transfers domain names to Bharti, PTI, The Economic Times, February 3, 2002

  • Red Hat: You can distribute Red Hat Linux, just name it something else, Grant Gross, Newsforge, December 10, 2001

  • Lindows seeks to dismiss Microsoft suit, By Stephen Shankland, ZDNet News, January 15, 2002

  • Teaching Robot Dogs New Tricks, David Labrador, Scientific American, January 21, 2002

  • Review: 'The Wind Done Gone' a mild breeze, cnn.com/entertainment, June 29, 2001

  • Abandonware: Dead Games Live On, Brad King, Wired News, January 19, 2002

  • MP3Board countersues RIAA, calls MP3 links legal - Tech News - CNET.com, John Borland, CNet News.com, July 18, 2000

  • Big Stink Over a Simple Link, Farhad Manjoo, Wired News, December 6, 2001

  • Experts Say DeCSS Decision Could Undermine Online Journalists, Carl S. Kaplan, New York Times Cyberlaw Journal, December 14, 2001

  • Fingered by the movie cops, Amita Guha, Salon.com, August 23, 2001

  • Threat kills site mocking officials, Frank Geary, Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 15, 2001

  • Apple Computer: Lowdown on High-Tech IP, Catherine Aman, Corporate Counsel, December 19, 2001

  • Cyber tussle, Sven Gustafson, Metro Times Detroit, December 19, 2001

  • WTO Attempts to Shut Down Parody Website Gatt.org, DC Indymedia, November 13, 2001

  • Aimster Up, Napster Down for Now, Wired News Report, June 25, 2001

  • First Circuit Says ACPA Trumps UDRP, Prof. Michael Geist, BNA's Internet Law News, December 6, 2001

  • The Barbie images that sparked a controversy..., Tom Forsythe's artist statement and photographs, Creative Freedom Defense Organization, November 8, 2001

  • IAAL*: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Copyright Law after Napster, Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation, January 1, 2001

  • Keep Security Censorship Away From Linux, Jon Lasser, SecurityFocus, November 6, 2001

  • Name Games, Carlyn Kolker, The American Lawyer, September 19, 2001

  • Who owns fandom?, Sarah Kendzior, Salon.com, December 13, 2000

  • Court Allows Artist to Sell Barbie Art, Maria F. Durand, ABCNews.com, February 23, 2001

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