e-commerce

Old Enough to Facebook, Old Enough to Choose a Forum*

Meredith R. Miller
March 20, 2012 18:47

*See Andrew Schwartz’ article on the infancy doctrine and the CARD Act In a putative class action, plaintiffs brought a lawsuit against Facebook alleging that the social networking site violated their right of privacy by misappropriating their names and likenesses...

gTLDs Pose New Threats in Cyberspace

March 16, 2012 16:41

On January 12, 2012, ICANN, the Internet’s domain name registration watch dog, began accepting applications for new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to add to those already in existence, including .com, .net, .biz and others. Under the new scheme, any company can apply for a gTLD,...

White House Releases Privacy Report and Calls For a Consumer Bill of Rights

February 23, 2012 18:04

Earlier today, Secretary of Commerce John Bryson and Federal Trade Commission Chairman John Liebowitz outlined the Obama administration's strategy for ensuring “consumers’ trust in the technologies and companies that drive the digital economy.” On the heels of their announcement,...

SABAM v Netlog - the Ghost of Denning stalks the corridors of Luxembourg

February 18, 2012 11:38

Netlog is a social network based in Gand in Belgium. According to the "About Netlog" page on its website it is available to 95 million users throughout Europe in 40 languages. It claims to be "page view market leader" (whatever that may mean) in  Belgium, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Romania and...

Robocop Fights Robocalling

February 16, 2012 18:43

In the 1987 film "Robocop", directed by Paul Verhoeven, a terminally wounded cop returns to the police force as a powerful cyborg, albeit with haunting memories, to fight crime and evil. Fast-forward to 2012 and "robo calling." One of the government’s main consumer cops,...