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NEW & NOTEWORTHY: TENNESSEE NETFLIX LAW: PASSWORD SHARING A CRIM
(FindLaw's Blotter) -A Netflix law just hit the books. As of July 1 in Tennessee, Netflix password sharing can net you a misdemeanor conviction punishable by a $2,500 fine and/or a year behind bars. And for repeat offenders? Well, they can look forward to felony charges and harsher punishments.
| 'DO NOT TRACK' BILL GATHERS STEAM AMID WEB PRIVACY CONCERNS
(FindLaw's Technologist) - The Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011 may soon give web users an easier path to not being monitored by Internet and wireless companies. The bill comes amid increased attention by lawmakers on creating privacy rules for the Internet.
| WHITE IPHONE LAWSUIT: APPLE SUES NY TEEN WHO SOLD WHITE IPHONE KITS
(FindLaw's Technologist) - Remember that clever New York teenager who was selling the white iPhone kits online - before Apple released the white iPhone? He was hit with a white iPhone lawsuit by Apple. Fei Lam, 17, got the idea to sell white iPhone conversion kids in 2010, using his own homemade website, whiteiphone4now.com (now defunct).
| CELLPHONE CANCER WARNING FALLS LIGHTLY ON US EARS
(AP) - News last week that an arm of the World Health Organization said cellphones might raise the risk of brain cancer has been greeted by Americans mostly with a shrug of the shoulder - one that's pinning a cellphone to the ear.
| NJ COURT: NO SHIELD LAW FOR MESSAGE BOARD POSTER
(AP) - People who post to online message boards don't have the same protections as mainstream journalists when it comes to keeping their sources secret, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The court said in a unanimous ruling against a Washington state woman that New Jersey's shield law provides broad protection to the news media and is not limited to traditional news outlets like newspapers and magazines, but does not apply to message board posters.
| COMPUTER SABOTAGE TANTAMOUNT TO AN ACT OF WAR?
(Eric Sinrod) - Is it possible that a Cyber attack against the United States emanating from another country be considered a potential act of war? Yes, according to the Pentagon, The Wall Street Journal report.
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WORLD BEAT: CHINA CALLS US CULPRIT IN GLOBAL 'INTERNET WAR'
(AP) - The Chinese military accused the U.S. on Friday of launching a global "Internet war" to bring down Arab and other governments, redirecting the spotlight away from allegations of major online attacks on Western targets originating in China.
| OPEN FOR BUSINESS: HOT DEAL: GROUPON FILES FOR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED IPO
(AP) - Online coupon seller Groupon Inc. is dangling its most tantalizing deal yet - an initial public offering of stock. The prospect is likely to intensify a debate about whether an investment bubble is forming around promising but still unproven Internet companies.
| RECENT CASE SUMMARIES: BRANTLEY V. NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., 09-56785
(United States Ninth Circuit) - In a class-action for damages and an injunction to compel programmers and distributors of television programming to sell cable channels separately, judgment of the district court dismissing action is affirmed where plaintiffs failed to allege any cognizable injury to competition.
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