[Cybertel-Ann] 4.20.7 :: Good Samaritans :: Trademarks and Adwords :: Arlington Wireless (Or Maybe I Will Finally Get Some Decent Broadband) :: Guilty x19 ::

[Robert Cannon]

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The Internet is based on a layered, end-to-end model
that allows people at each level of the network to
innovate free of any central control. By placing
intelligence at the edges rather than control in the
middle of the network, the Internet has created a
platform for innovation.
-Vinton Cerf

Karen Alexander Horowitz, When Is § 230 Immunity
Lost?: The Transformation From Website Owner To
Information Content Provider, 3 Shidler J. L. Com. &
Tech. 14 (2007), 4/20/2007 
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA)
offers broad protection for providers and users of
interactive computer services against liability for
defamation and other content-based claims when a
third-party provides the information. Although
providers and users of interactive computer services
(ICSs) are permitted to exercise some editorial
control while still avoiding legal liability, at some
point, such editing may transform the provider or user
of the ICS into an information content provider and
deprive them of § 230 immunity.
http://www.lctjournal.washington.edu/Vol3/a014Horowitz.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm

Judge Refuses To Dismiss Yet Another Miguided AdWords
Trademark Lawsuit, Techdirt, 4/20/2007 
I had thought that, at least in the US, the claims
that Google's AdWords program somehow violates
trademark law by letting competitors buy ads based on
keywords, were a thing of the past. Previous decisions
in the Geico and Rescuecom cases showed..
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070419/024357.shtml
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

U.S. Judge Refuses to Dismiss Google Trademark Suit,
eweek, 4/20/2007 
A U.S. judge refuses to dismiss a lawsuit against
Google that charges that the Web search leader's
AdWords program abuses trademarks.
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/110213897/0,1759,2115640,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

Google Gets Mixed Bag in Latest Ruling in American
Blinds Case, Tech & Marketing Law, 4/20/2007 
By Eric Goldman Google, Inc. v. American Blinds &
Wallpaper Factory, Inc., C 03-5340 JF (N.D. Cal. April
18, 2007)...
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2007/04/google_gets_mix.htm
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

Google draws privacy complaint to FTC, CNET, 4/20/2007

Three public-interest groups are expected to ask for a
government investigation into issues posed by Google's
DoubleClick acquisition.
http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-6177819.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/google.htm

Former Qwest CEO Guilty - On 19 of 42 counts of
insider trading, Broadband Reports, 4/20/2007 
Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio has been found guilty on
19 of 42 counts of illegal insider trading, the final
chapter in a five year investigation into Qwest's
dubious accounting practices. (Flashback to Nacchio's
fuzzy memory when first questioned by...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83167
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/qwest.htm

Vonage shares plunge on bankruptcy fears, FT,
4/20/2007 
Shares in Vonage Holdings fell by another 6 per cent
after the struggling broadband telephony provider
acknowledged for the first time that costs related to
a series of patent lawsuits may force it into
bankruptcy.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e5e54cfe-ee04-11db-8584-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage=81cea682-52a8-11da-8d05-0000779e2340.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/vonage.htm

Advocates Sue Yahoo In Chinese Torture Case, Wash
Post, 4/20/2007 
A human rights group sued Yahoo on Wednesday, accusing
the Internet giant of abetting the torture of
pro-democracy writers by releasing data that allowed
China's government to identify them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041802510.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/yahoo.htm

Mark Lemley, Rationalizing Internet Safe Harbors,
SSRN, 4/20/2007 
Internet intermediaries - service providers, Web
hosting companies, Internet backbone providers, online
marketplaces, and search engines - process hundreds of
millions of data transfers every day, and host or link
to literally tens of billions of items of third party
content.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=979836
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/common_carrier.htm

Cyberattacks at federal agencies draw House scrutiny,
CNET, 4/20/2007 
As more is learned about intrusions reported on
government computer systems last year, politicians
question adequacy of fixes put in place.
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-6177783.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm

Arlington Teaming Up With EarthLink To Build
Countywide Wireless Network, Wash Post, 4/20/2007 
Arlington has reached an agreement with EarthLink to
build a countywide wireless broadband network, and if
approved by the County Board on Saturday, work on it
could begin May 1.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041800679.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/va.htm

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