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The José Medellín Case: When Moral Law and International Law Collides

January 05, 2009 23:40

Should outsiders stepping foot on foreign land be shielded or granted immunity for any atrocious act or heinous crime committed while in that alien territory?  Does crime beget crime? When a balancing of  interests emerges in the practice of criminal law, can one law be truly more dominant than a...

Making an Example Out of Mondello: Feds Cracking Down Hard on Online Offenders

January 04, 2009 02:29

When Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, he certainly did not foresee cyber crimes happening on a daily basis. The fact is: no one did. Yet online offenders are not only thriving in virtual space, they are multiplying as well… also on a daily basis. Although there are...

The Jammie Thomas Case: RIAA Strikes Hard at Kazaa Users

November 13, 2008 00:25

Intellectual property rights are oftentimes thorny issues in the legal community. Enforcing intellectual property laws are challenging, especially in the digital age, which is marked by instantaneous and wide-scale access to materials deemed owned by certain organizations or companies, with only a...

The Wiretapping Debate: George W. Bush and Barack Obama

October 30, 2008 21:18

Wiretapping was unheard of back in the early days of communication when modern technology was still in its early development phase.  As the years sped by and innovations were churned out, so too did forms of unauthorized communications surveillance arise - ushering in complex cases of rights ...

Journalistic Prison: National Intelligence Opinion on Shield Laws

October 21, 2008 02:24

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell has very strong opinions on the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007. In fact, he’s passionate enough about the subject to submit an opinion article to the newspaper USA Today. His published article reacts against the proposed legislation of a...

Snooping On You: The Embarq ISP Spying Scandal

October 17, 2008 23:07

Embarq, an internet service provider offshoot from Sprint, has recently admitted to federal lawmakers that it has eavesdropped on the web surfing habits and interests of 26,000 customers in Kansas without due notification. The web snooping was done to test a new and controversial advertising...

Sprint Ordered To Refund Early Termination Fees to Customers

October 13, 2008 23:55

A termination fee that amounts to about $200 is a large amount of money for most people. Apparently, a state judge has agreed with those hit with this termination fee. Late July of this year, the California Judge Bonnie Sabraw has decreed that Sprint Nextel must refund $18.25 million to their...

MPAA Attacks: Lawsuits Come Down on FOMDB and MovieRumor

October 10, 2008 00:50

FOMDB.com, the Free Online Movie DataBase, is officially off the internet. FOMDB.com used to feature real-time streaming of almost anything you’d want to see that’s actively showing in movie theaters, dvd, and on televison. This free movie and tv watching website at one point boasted...

The Retail Store Hacker Albert Gonzalez Now Faces Prison Time

September 24, 2008 19:22

From conviction of credit card fraud to participation with the Secret Service then back to being federally prosecuted again, Albert “Segvec” Gonzalez is facing a lawsuit in what could possibly be the single largest and most complicated identity theft crime in the United States. In the...

E-Gold Founder Admits E-Gold Used for Money Laundering

September 16, 2008 23:25

E-Gold, with the slogan “Better Money Since 1996″ has been embroiled in legal battles almost since inception. Now in a stunning court move, its founder has plead guilty to major criminal charges. E-Gold founder Douglas Jackson has vowed to implement necessary changes in the company. In...