The sentencing of 19-year old Oliver Drage for refusal to provide his encryption key has generated a lot of discussion. Drage was suspected of having child porn on his computer but apparently has not been tried or convicted on those charges — possibly because law enforcement couldn’t access what they suspect is the evidence on…
Category: Court
Argument recap from SCOTUS: Caution on privacy (NASA v. Nelson)
Although L.A. Times reporter David G. Savage thought things didn’t go well for Caltech scientists in the Supreme Court today, Lyle Denniston offers a different perspective on how oral arguments went in the background check privacy case where the government is the employer: Two perceptions emerged with clarity Tuesday from a complex Supreme Court argument…
Porn BitTorrent Lawsuits Run into Serious Problem – Lawsuits Must be Filed Individually
Slyck Tom writes: You know, there’s this funny issue called joinder – which in essence means that additional defendants can be added to a single complaint. This has been a hot button issue in the Far Cry and Steam Experiment lawsuits, where Judge Rosemary Collyer is currently pondering whether to order the US Copyright Group to file each…
Quebec spammer must pay Facebook $1 billion
Jason Magder reports: A Quebec man has been ordered forced to pay Facebook more than $1 billion in fines for spamming. The Quebec Superior Court issued a judgment last week upholding a ruling in a California court that ordered Montrealer Adam Guerbuez to pay $1,068,928,721,46 U.S., which includes punitive damages for each of the 4,366,386…