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Ohio County's Free Wi-Fi Shut Down Over a Single Complaint, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, November 13, 2009

German Murderer Threatens to Censor Wikipedia, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, November 13, 2009

Pending Legislation Could Make ISPs Liable for Financial Fraud, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, November 6, 2009

Takedown Hall of Shame Debuts at Electronic Frontier Foundation, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, November 5, 2009

Trademark Disunity: Clear Channel Zaps "Unity Day", Research Staff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, October 9, 2009

BoingBoing brings a ray of sunshine to DMCA-chilled air, Wendy Seltzer, Chilling Effects, October 8, 2009

Cyanogen and Google Work Past the Cease and Desist, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, October 2, 2009

DMCA Double Take: Suit Claims No Safe Harbor for Scribd, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, September 29, 2009

Veoh Survives Universal Music Group Copyright Infringement Suit, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, September 17, 2009

Apple Reverses Course on Public Chats, Withdraws BluWiki Objection, Research Staff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, September 11, 2009

Apple Steps up to Podium with TM Claims, Research Staff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, September 11, 2009

DMCA Scattershot Hits Lessig Copyright Presentation, Ryan Paul, Ars Technica, April 29, 2009

Sedgwick Appeals Case Over Wild West Wanted Posters, Rebecca Schoff, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, September 18, 2009

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

Just Because You Can Do A DMCA Takedown Doesn't Mean You Should... | Techdirt, Mike Masnick, Techdirt, March 23, 2009

Scientology Fights Critics with 4000 DMCA Takedown Notices, Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, September 8, 2008

DMCA "Repeat Infringers": Scientology Critic's Account Reinstated after Counter-Notification, Wendy Seltzer, June 6, 2008

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, 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 downl, 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, 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 Ha, 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 Ha, 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 , 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

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 , Erica Brand, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, UC--Berkeley School of Law (Boalt H, 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, 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-Regulatio, 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 Hear, Doug Gordon, Representative Kucinich's Press Release, November 21, 2003

United Kingdom: "Don, Ben Challis, Mondaq, November 24, 2003

US District Court Ruling Absolves Skylink Technologies From Alleged Violation of Digital Millennium , 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

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 Upda, 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

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

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

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

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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