Leagle.com reports an appellate ruling in California where one of the issues involved MySpace’s challenge to a defendant’s subpoena duces tecum for information on the victim’s MySpace account: In this case, and prior to trial, a defendant in a rape case (Mohammad Yaqoob) argued information from the victim’s MySpace account would assist the defense in deciding…
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ACS:Law told file-sharing case must continue by court
A controversial law firm that sent letters to alleged illegal file sharers has been told it cannot drop its cases to “avoid public scrutiny”. ACS:Law contacted thousands of people accusing them of illegally downloading movies and songs and demanding payments of £500 to avoid court action. […] The concerns stepped up last month when the…
If it’s Tuesday, your cell phone is a computer
FourthAmendment.com points us to a case in the Eighth Circuit holding that a cell phone is a “computer” for purposes of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines: United States v. Kramer, 10-1983 (8th Cir. February 8, 2011). Reading the excerpt from the opinion explaining their legal reasoning, I was left wondering, “Well wait…. if a cell phone is…
Legal Battle Over Government Demands for Twitter Records Unsealed by Court
Great news from EFF: A federal court in Alexandria, Virginia today unsealed motions filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union, and others concerning government attempts to obtain Twitter account records about three individuals in connection with its WikiLeaks investigation. The documents were originally filed under seal late last month. One…