On settlement between RIAA and (four) college students on May 1: http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-settle2may02,0,6007000.story Lawrence B. Ebert May 2, 2003 at...
Ebert, Lawrence B.
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May 2, 2003 2:16 pm
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I will be out of the office starting on May 5th and will be returning on May 12th. I will not have access to e-mail during this time. ...
Dave Skowron
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May 2, 2003 5:05 pm
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http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030502 Regards, - Warren Agin ********************************************************************** For Listserv...
Warren E. Agin
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May 2, 2003 5:07 pm
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Is anyone aware of any net-accessible central repository of state-level anti-spam laws? Chris Savage || Cole, Raywid & Braverman, LLP 1919 Penn. Ave. NW #200...
Chris Savage
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May 5, 2003 10:06 pm
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The site www.spamlaws.com used to be a very good site. I have not used it in a while so I can't say for certain that it is still good. It looks like it was...
John L. Barlament
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May 5, 2003 10:11 pm
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Realized after I replied to Chris directly that others might appreciate the link : www.spamlaws.com/state which is a reasonably good summary, though I would...
Many thanks. The spirit of Cyberia lives on! Chris Savage || Cole, Raywid & Braverman, LLP 1919 Penn. Ave. NW #200 Washington DC 20006 ph: 202-828-9811 ||...
... Once you read them, tell me if I am reading this part wrong: (from Maryland's statute): "A person may not [transmit] commercial electronic mail that [i]s...
Mike Oliver (home)
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May 6, 2003 2:25 am
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A sign of the times NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/technology/06BOND.html Wash. Post: ...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
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May 6, 2003 3:45 pm
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Once upon a time, Mike Oliver (home) sent a note that said... ... Isn't this language directed at making it illegal for the spammer to use a third-party's mail...
Kevin Neely
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May 6, 2003 4:50 pm
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... I didn't see anything about this in a quick look at http://www.ustreas.gov - though I *did* see a couple of thinly-veiled political ads for the CREEP: The...
Randall
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May 6, 2003 7:05 pm
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... If it is, its not worded very well. A "domain" is not a gateway, nor is an "email address." Also, the word "use" is so ambiguous its really hard to tell...
Mike Oliver
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May 6, 2003 7:27 pm
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... No, it's intended to be about a different spammer trick, which is using a real or fictitious third party as the return address, e.g. jrandomuser@... or...
Bill Stewart
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May 6, 2003 8:28 pm
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Firepond Inc. has charged Banter Inc. with infringing U.S. Patent 6,411,947, titled "Automatic message interpretation and routing system." The application...
Ebert, Lawrence B.
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May 7, 2003 4:34 pm
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... I've cited Brightmail's statistics in the past. Don't think they break it out by state, though. :) -Declan ...
Declan McCullagh
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May 7, 2003 5:30 pm
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... That may be true for U.S. spammers. But in other nations, it is not necessarily illegal to sell a U.S. citizen prescription medications or cable...
Declan McCullagh
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May 7, 2003 5:31 pm
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... Isn't this an urban legend? (In the sense that an EULA allegedly tried to ban a person from speaking the contents of the book aloud.) My memory may be off...
Declan McCullagh
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May 7, 2003 5:31 pm
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From a press release: May 7, 2003--Mailblocks today announced that it has filed suit against EarthLink Inc. for patent infringement of its Challenge/Response...
Ebert, Lawrence B.
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May 7, 2003 9:16 pm
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Believe it or not, the U.S. *does* have the right to regulate the conduct of foreigners, in foreign countries, and to impose tort liabillity on them, if their...
Eric C. Grimm
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May 7, 2003 9:21 pm
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Don't know if it is an urban legend, but remember that the Supreme Court stuck down many, many years ago an attempt to impose a kind of EULA on book-buyers...
Eric C. Grimm
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May 7, 2003 9:32 pm
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Eric Grimm reports: Don't know if it is an urban legend, but remember that the Supreme Court stuck down many, many years ago an attempt to impose a kind of...
Gregory, John D. (JUS)
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May 7, 2003 9:46 pm
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This is why people wonder why the hell we aren't getting at OPEC under our anti-trust laws. I think we should. ... ...
Virginia Metze
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May 7, 2003 9:51 pm
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Eric Grimm notes, in his learned fashion: When thinking about extraterritoriality issues, Declan (and you will doubtless do a column on these issues sooner or...
Gregory, John D. (JUS)
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May 7, 2003 10:04 pm
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... We aren't treating the price-fixing actions of the OPEC cartel as if they were a cartel fixing prices for the same reason we're supporting the repressive...
Randall
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May 7, 2003 10:08 pm
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... I'm anything but an expert on international law, but flip it around: Let's say that a U.S. webmaster writes "I think the Holocaust was a big lie," which...
Declan McCullagh
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May 7, 2003 10:11 pm
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Of I ask: but is that a copyright ruling or part of a general ban on resale price maintenance, regardless of the good sold? The case pertained to rights under...
Ebert, Lawrence B.
LEbert@...
May 7, 2003 10:12 pm
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First place I would look, if I were you, would be 28 U.S.C. secs. 1602-11. I think you answer might be in there. Remember, at least nominally, Exxon-Mobil,...
Eric C. Grimm
eric.grimm@...
May 7, 2003 10:12 pm
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With all respect, I don't think there's a vast conspiracy of potential private litigants, hell-bent on keeping oil prices artificially high. At the same time,...