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Online and Microsoft to turn over records concerning Internet users’ online searches.
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Although Yahoo!, America Online and Microsoft complied with the request, Google
resisted, choosing to fight the government’s subpoena in court. This case shows how
companies in private industry are often called upon to provide information to assist the
government in its law enforcement and antiterrorism activities. Consider and discuss
whether the government should make such requests of companies operating in the
private sector and whether companies should comply with those requests, even when
compliance requires the company to breach privacy promises made to its customers.
5.
Users of the popular Internet website Craigslist are able to post advertisements for
housing that permit statements regarding the preference, limitation, or discrimination of
others based on race, religion, sex, or family status. The Fair Housing Act (FHA), however,
prohibits making, printing, or publishing a notice, statement, or advertisement for sale or
rental of dwellings indicating preference, limitation, or discrimination based on
protected classes. As such, Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.
brought suit against Craigslist alleging a violation of the FHA. In defense, Craigslist
claimed that it was immune from liability based on Section 230(c)(1) of the CDA, which
protects interactive computer services from liability for unlawful third-party content.
Should Craigslist be subject to liability for FHA violations? Why or why not? Cite to
appropriate legal principles when explaining your answer. 48
Additional Resources
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Educause Resources on Net Neutrality:
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/Net%20Neutrality/31666
•
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers:
http://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal
•
Federal Communications Commission Resources on Broadband Network
Management: http://www.fcc.gov/broadband_network_management
•
Federal Trade Commission: Business Guide to Consumer Protection Issues:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/business.shtm
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Comcast Corp. v. FCC, 600 F.3d 642, 661 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
2
Don MacLean, “Herding Scrödinger’s Cat’s: Some Conceptual Tools for Thinking about Internet Governance:
Background Paper for the ITU Workshop on Internet Governance, Geneva, 26–27 February 2004,” n.1 (email:
donjmac@sympatico.ca
donjmac@sympatico.ca).
3
Jared Keller, “The Facebook Privacy Wars Heat Up,” The Atlantic, May 6, 2010, available at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/05/the-facebook-privacy-wars-heatup/56344
up/56344.
4
CNN Tech, “Facebook, Facing Criticism, Ramps Up Privacy Options” (May 26, 2010),
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-26/tech/facebook.privacy_1_new-privacy-controls-privacysettings-facebook-users?_s=PM:TECH
settings-facebook-users?_s=PM:TECH.
5
Federal Trade Commission, Statement of the Commission Concerning Google/AdMob, FTC File No. 101–0031
(May 21, 2010).
6
See Mark DeFeo, Unlocking the iPhone: How Antitrust Law Can Save Consumers From the Inadequacies of
Copyright Law, 49 B.C. L. Rev. 1037 (2009).
7
596 F. Supp. 2d at 1294.
8
Id. at 1301.
9
Id. at 1303.
10
Id.
11
Id. at 1304.
12
Id.
13
Id. at 1305, 1306.
14
Federal Communications Commission, Policy Statement, FCC 05–151 (Sept. 23, 2005).
15
600 F.3d at 644–45.
16
Id. at 644 (citation omitted).
17
Id. at 646 (citing Am. Library Ass’n v. FCC, 406 F.3d 689, 691–92 (D.C. Cir. 2005).
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Id. at 651 (citation omitted).
19
Id. at 655.
20
Id. at 661.
21
Amy Schatz and Amir Efrati, “Verizon, Google Map Traffic Plan The Two Say Proposal Eases ‘Net Neutrality’
Debate; Critics Say It Could Create Private Networks,” WSJ.com
WSJ.com, Aug 10, 2010, available at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419542307824622.html?
mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNews Collection#ixzz0xBNyqmuC
Collection#ixzz0xBNyqmuC.
22
504 U.S. 298 (1992).
23
Id. at 302 (citing statute).
24
Id. at 306 (citation omitted).
25
Id. at 309 (citations omitted).
26
Borders Online, LLC v. State Bd. of Equalization, 129 Cal. App. 4th 1179, 1184, 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d 176,178 (2005).
27
129 Cal. App. 4th at 1185–86, 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d at 179.
28
Id., 129 Cal. App. 4th at 1188, 1189, 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d at 181–82.
29
Id, 129 Cal. App. 4th at 1189, 1191, 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d at 182, 183–184 (citations omitted).
30
Id., 129 Cal. App. 4th at 1192–93, 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d at 185 (citations omitted).
31
Id, 129 Cal. App. 4th at 1196, 1199, 1201, 29 Cal. Rptr. 3d at 188, 190–91, 192 (citation omitted).
32
899 N.E.2d 87, 91 (Mass. 2009).
33
Id. at 91 (citations omitted).
34
Id. at 93.
35
http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/terms.html
http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/terms.html.
36
47U.S.C.§ 230.
37
776 F. Supp. 135 (S.D.N.Y. 1991).
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23 Media L. Rep. 1794 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1995).
39
528 F.3d 413, 417, 418–19 (5th Cir. 2008) (citations omitted).
40
Id. at 419–20.
41
Id. at 420, 422 (citation omitted).
42
570 F.3d 1096, 1099–1100 (9th Cir. 2009) (citation omitted).
43
Id. at 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105 (citation omitted).
44
Id. at 1106, 1109 (citation omitted).
45
LiveUniverse, Inc. v. MySpace, Inc., No. CV 06–6994 AHM, 2007 WL 6865852 (C.D. Cal. June 5, 2007).
46
Nemet Chevrolet Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs.com
Consumeraffairs.com, Inc., 591 F.3d 250 (4th Cir. 2009).
47
Hemi Group, LLC v. New York, ___ U.S.___, 130 S. Ct. 983 (2010).
48
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, 519 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2008).
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