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E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of December 29, 2008

January 04, 2009 15:04

Online sales reports from November and December reveal that Amazon.com had its best sales season ever. Amid one of the worst holiday seasons in history, e-commerce sales were an "area of relative strength" and down only 2.3% from last year.Wikipedia has raised $6.2 million necessary to operate the...

Most Popular E-Commerce Law Posts of 2008

January 02, 2009 21:48

Happy New Year! Here are the most popular E-Commerce Law posts of 2008:"David Lat Has a Stupid Fat Face" (January 24, 2008)Take Control of Your Online Reputation (January 28, 2008)JuicyCampus May Be the Next Internet Defamation Battleground (February 19, 2008)Ninth Circuit: Roommates.com Not...

Happy Holidays!

December 23, 2008 17:25

There will be no E-Commerce Law Briefs today. The feature will return after January 1st.There will be no E-Commerce Law Briefs today.  The feature will return after January 1st.

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of December 15, 2008

December 22, 2008 20:35

The Wall Street Journal reported that Google had "approached major cable and phone companies that carry Internet traffic with a proposal to create a fast lane for its own content". Google dismissed the story and said that it remained committed to net neutrality. In unrelated news, Google has...

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of December 1, 2008

December 07, 2008 17:39

In response to the rapid increase in e-book sales, Random House is making thousands of books available in electronic form. The publisher expects its electronic library to grow from 8,000 titles to 15,000.The U.S. Army is spending $50 million over the five years to develop combat training video...

Six People All E-Commerce Lawyers Should Follow on Twitter

December 04, 2008 14:35

Recently, E-Commerce Law started using Twitter, the popular microblogging site, to post short items of news and commentary to which we would not ordinarily devote an entire post on this blog. In just a few days, we've developed a growing following, mostly among law professors and other attorneys...

E-Commerce Law on Twitter

December 01, 2008 18:21

You can now follow E-Commerce Law on Twitter (we "tweet" under the user name JonathanFrieden because eCommerceLaw was already taken). Check it out and let us know what you think.You can now follow E-Commerce Law on Twitter (we "tweet" under the user name JonathanFrieden because eCommerceLaw was...

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 28, 2008 16:57

Due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday, there will be no E-Commerce Law Briefs post this week. The E-Commerce Law Briefs for this week will be published next Friday, December 5th.Due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday, there will be no E-Commerce Law Briefs post this week.  The E-Commerce Law Briefs...

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of November 17, 2008

November 24, 2008 15:33

President-Elect Barack Obama will use YouTube for his weekly Presidential Address but may have to give up his Blackberry."Google won preliminary approval of a settlement of copyright lawsuits by publishers and authors in which it will pay $125 million to resolve claims over the company's...

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of November 10, 2008

November 17, 2008 14:00

Google's new initiative, Google Flu Trends, looks at the relative popularity of certain flu-related search terms to determine where in the United States flu outbreaks may be occurring.Internet attacks are getting more potent.YouTube may soon be offering full-length films for free.E-Commerce Law...