By Krista on Aug 13, 2006 in Legal, Web 2.0, YouTube | 0 Comments
I wrote previously about the lawsuit YouTube faces for showing copyrighted video clips of Robert Tur’s 1992 LA riot footage. This week’s BusinessWeek (Aug 7, 2006) addresses the revenue generating concerns.
As I mentioned previously, most lawyers seem to agree that YouTube is protected by copyright law as long as it responds to the copyright owners’ requests to remove their content. A side question seems to be whether it’s ok to run advertising beside the videos. Read the rest
By Krista on Jul 19, 2006 in Legal, Social Media, Web 2.0, YouTube | 1 Comment
The Los Angeles News Service and its owner Robert Tur have sued YouTube for posting copyrighted footage on their website. Specifically, someone posted a video of the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 LA riots.
Tur, who apparently has a reputation as “an active litigant”, is asking for $150,000 for each infringement (it was viewed 1000 times) - or $150 million in damages! He decided to sue YouTube rather than the person that upload because Read the rest
By Krista on Jul 2, 2006 in Legal, Social Media | 0 Comments
Dating site, DontDateHimGirl.com, isn’t the only website in trouble for information its users post. The DontDateHimGirl.com lawsuit is about whether users can post Read the rest
By Krista on Jul 1, 2006 in Legal, Social Media, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment
What responsibilities do web sites have to ensure what their visitors post is accurate? That’s the issue at the heart of a new lawsuit targeted at DontDateHimGirl.com, a website that allows scorned women to post pictures and comments about men who cheat.
Pittsburgh lawyer Todd Hollis filed a complaint on Thursday after anonymous postings on the site accused him of dating multiple women at once and spreading a sexually transmitted disease. When he asked website owner, Tasha Joseph, to remove the posts, she refused. Read the rest
By Krista on Jun 26, 2006 in Legal, Privacy, Security, Social Media | 0 Comments
It’s finally happened. A 14-year-old girl has filed a lawsuit against MySpace.
The lawsuit, filed last Monday in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, were aware that sexual predators troll MySpace looking for children. The suit seeks damages of no less than $30 million for fraud and negligence in misrepresenting their security measures to protect children and teens. The suit also charges 19-year-old Texas resident Pete Solis with sexual assault and emotional distress. Read the rest
