Electronic Commerce & Law Report Index

MARKETING

See ADVERTISING
– Behavioral marketing

MEDIA

– Aggregation service, 341
– Antitrust, news content registry, 565
– Article re-posting, Copyright Act fair use exception claim (D. Nev.), 1797
– Bankrupt company subscriber data transfer, possible FTC Act violation, 1151
– Blogs

See BLOGS

– Canada, new media reporting requirements, 1301
– Court filings, immediate access (S.D. Tex.), 207; settlement, 385
– Courtroom proceedings, broadcasts

– – Legislative proposals

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 657

– – Twitter use, BNA Insights, 1415

– Coverage as alternative to data protection regulatory enforcement, 1670
– Hot news misappropriation

– – Aggregators, BNA Insights, 606
– – Business news (S.D.N.Y.), 671
– – Investment reports (S.D.N.Y.), 459; BNA Insights, 776; appeal, 843
– – Market performance indices (S.D.N.Y.), 1179
– – Newspapers, protection from online aggregators, 430

– Journalism

– – FCC study of future needs, 131
– – Technological impact, 1486

– Magazines, identification of hackers posting content (S.D.N.Y.), 14
– News service function, sport fansite (S.D. Ohio), 1439
– Newspapers, antitrust exemption, 433
– Online photo database, removal of photo credits (N.D. Ill.), 1214
– Reprint service, copyright liability (N.D. Ill.), 1084
– RightHaven infringement suits, 1521; litigation tactics, 1569
– Shield law, blogger use (N.J. Super. Ct.), 660; review granted (N.J.), 1427
– Social media and journalism, liability ramifications, 345
– Tax credits for journalists, FTC proposal, 927
– U.K., e-mail service delivering unlicensed headlines, copyright infringement, 1799

MEETINGS

See CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

– AT&T/Cingular, post-merger degradation of service (9th Cir.), 883
– Canada, disclosure of personal information, BNA Insights, 1748
– Comcast/NBC, FTC comment period, 483; hearing, 1141; ownership, diversity, and governance concerns, 1142
– Google acquisition of AdMob, FTC review urged, 604
– Google acquisition of ITA Software, 1443; DOJ investigation urged, 1834
– Oracle acquisition of Sun approved by EU, 139

MEXICO

– Admission to Intl. Conf. of Data Protection and Privacy Comm'rs, 1672
– Tourism tax exemptions (9th Cir.), 57

MOBILE PHONES

See WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

MONOPOLIES

See ANTITRUST

MOTION PICTURES

– Copyrights

– – Domains seized for providing illegal access to content (S.D.N.Y.), 1075
– – Previews not separate work (S.D.N.Y.), 235
– – Software to copy DVDs, injunction prohibiting distribution (N.D. Cal.), 51
– – UK, directory of online films (EWHC), 549
– – Video game, similarity to scripts (N.D. Cal.), 833

– DMCA

See DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)

– DVDs

– – Format licensing, antitrust claims (C.D. Cal.), 885
– – Rental, improperly anonymized data (N.D. Cal.), 12; settlement, 468

– File sharing

See FILE SHARING

MOTOR VEHICLES

– E-mail from manufacturer to dealer, statute of frauds (Or. Ct. App.), 1654
– Jurisdiction, purposeful direction of eBay seller (Ill. App. Ct.), 951
– Robocalling, automobile warranties (N.D. Ill.), 518
– Trademarks, fair use in domain to indicate sales of brand (9th Cir.), 1073
– Traffic cameras, privacy (5th Cir.), 513

MOVIES

See MOTION PICTURES

MUSIC

– Copyrights

– – China, search engine links to unauthorized files, 167
– – Commercial webcast licensing fees, 251; constitutionality decisions, 810
– – Custom playlists, licensing (U.S., rev den), 167
– – Digital performance rights, rulemaking, 69
– – Indexing and linking (N.D. Cal.), 764; voluntary dismissal, 994
– – iTunes download and ringtone rights (9th Cir.), 1382
– – Lyrics site failure to remove content (C.D. Cal.), 1282
– – Noncommercial webcast licensing fees, 1479
– – Ohio piracy law (Ohio Ct. App.), 1472
– – Online previews, fair dealing exception, BNA Insights, 1272
– – Performance rights bills

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 848, S 379

– – Public performance rights not implied in download (2d Cir.), 1512
– – Unauthorized online copies, innocent infringer claim (U.S., rev den), 1796

– DMCA

See DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)

– File sharing

See FILE SHARING

– iTunes gift card marketing class action, price changes (S.D. Ill.), 10
– Jurisdiction, streaming content (S.D. Fla.), 1576
– Licensing in digital media, 445
– Price fixing on internet sales (2d Cir.), 84
– Trademarks, classical pianist and producer (S.D.N.Y.), 245