Marcia Hofmann of EFF writes: Vanity Fair suggests that Sarah Palin’s distinctive voice on Facebook and Twitter is actually someone else’s. According to the article, she appears to have given a ghostwriter access to her social networking accounts to speak on her behalf: […] If Palin and her ghostwriter are in fact violating Facebook’s terms of use,…
Category: Court
ISPs to identify John Does in Debbie Does Dallas file-sharing case
There have been a number of file-sharing lawsuits filed recently. There are the two BitTorrent lawsuits filed by the US Copyright Group over Hurt Locker and Lucas Entertainment over Kings of New York, and more recently, a lawsuit by Titan Media against 19 John Does who allegedly used eDonkey2000 to share a variety of titles…
Judge declares U.S. military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy openly banning gay service members unconstitutional (update)
Phil Willon reports: A federal judge in Riverside declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional Thursday, saying the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy violates the 1st Amendment rights of lesbians and gay men. U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips said the policy banning gays did not preserve military readiness, contrary…
Ca: Man behind nude judge photos to have computers seized
Steve Lambert reports: The man at the centre of a sex scandal involving a Manitoba judge will have his computers seized by sheriff’s officers next Monday, in order to prevent him from circulating explicit nude photos of the justice. Alexander Chapman was also told Thursday that sheriff’s officers will seize flash drives and other items…