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Google lawsuits guiding the way

Google lawsuits guiding the way 03/27/2005 11:36 PM

New York Times

Growing Number of Lawsuits Could Hurt Google's Ad Revenue

PARIS, March 27 -

[...]

This month, Mr. Dariot triumphed in his year-and-a-half-old lawsuit against Google's French subsidiary, which has been ordered to pay him $97,000 in fines and legal costs.

Dariot and his travel companies, Luteciel and Viaticum, successfully challenged Google's practice of selling Internet advertising from rivals designed to appear with Web searches for his trademarked Web site name, Bourse des Vols, which means flight exchange.

[...]

Mr. Dariot's company is one of the first to win against Google; similar cases in the United States and Germany that challenged the search engine's use of keywords have failed.

But more companies are piling on. France is home to as many as 15 cases, according to lawyers involved.

[...]

In a recent California case, Norm Zada, the chief executive and founder of Perfect 10, a publisher of nude photographs and adult material based in Beverly Hills, said he started sending legal notices to Google about the unauthorized use of his images in 2001.

"After 16 notices, they said they couldn't do anything," Mr. Zada said.

Since then, he said, his attorney has issued a blizzard of 44 notices in the past two years that covered 9,000 unauthorized images. In January, he sued Google in United States District Court in Los Angeles.

Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet. I personally like that Google is pushing the envelope on fair use and other issues. For instance, I think Google Images "thumbnails" are no larger than 150x150 pixels. Because of this, I use 150x150 as my own "safe zone" for "fair use thumbnails". If someone sues me, at least I can point at Google. The other thing that Google, Yahoo and others are involved in is transborder lawsuits, which are a very interesting issue from an Internet governance point of view.

Maybe Google should get into the legal advisory business too. ;-)

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Want a Piece of Goggle?

Want a Piece of Goggle? 01/07/2004 05:18 PM
Plus, investing in defense, and JetBlue goes pay-per-view.

Goggle dominates; faces challengers

Goggle dominates; faces challengers 06/08/2004 04:08 AM
iafrica.com Jun 8 2004 8:39AM GMT

Google becomes Goggle to regain market
share

Google becomes Goggle to regain market
share 06/07/2004 06:51 PM
Big Fib (satire)-1 hour agoReacting to shock reports that their top slot position on the Internet has been swiped by online porn sites, Google yesterday announced that a revamped site ...

Search Guiding More Web Activity

Search Guiding More Web Activity 03/13/2003 07:32 PM
The company estimated that between 8 and 10 percent of all e-commerce referrals come from search engines, with Google, AOL, MSN and AOL dominating. ...

Hey Guys. Special thanks to Yeow from
Singapore for guiding

Hey Guys. Special thanks to Yeow from
Singapore for guiding 08/07/2004 07:06 PM
TechTree Aug 7 2004 11:45PM GMT

Uncle Sam's Guiding Hand Sets IT
Spending

Uncle Sam's Guiding Hand Sets IT
Spending 12/29/2004 03:16 AM
Information Week Dec 29 2004 6:39AM GMT

NPR : 'Sin City': Guiding a Comic to the
Silver Screen

NPR : 'Sin City': Guiding a Comic to the
Silver Screen 04/03/2005 03:50 AM
Kevin Smith interviews Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez about Sin City .. Interviewed

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Charity Navigator - Guiding Intelligent
Giving - Charitable Donations

Charity Navigator - Guiding Intelligent
Giving - Charitable Donations 12/29/2004 05:57 AM
Charity Navigator - America's Largest Charity Evaluator .. CharityNavigator

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Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits

Disney Hit With Two Lawsuits 02/11/2004 04:26 PM
TheStreet.com Feb 11 2004 7:57PM GMT

iTunes And Lawsuits

iTunes And Lawsuits 05/03/2004 07:40 PM
The labels still don't get it. By Steven Levy, Newsweek (via MyAppleMenu)

McBride Says No More Lawsuits From SCO

McBride Says No More Lawsuits From SCO 08/03/2004 05:47 PM

Lawsuits in Paradise

Lawsuits in Paradise 12/31/2003 10:50 PM

Apple Users Threaten to Sue Over IBook, IPod: Cracks in the unified front of Apple users.

...at least two online petitions have collected hundreds of signatures from potential plaintiffs seeking to file lawsuits over claims of defects in the iBook laptop.

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SCO: No plans for new lawsuits

SCO: No plans for new lawsuits 08/04/2004 11:39 AM
There's work enough to be done in pending cases against IBM, Novell, AutoZone and others, CEO says.

Google hit by lawsuits

Google hit by lawsuits 04/26/2004 06:14 AM
New York Daily News Apr 26 2004 9:53AM GMT

EA hit with shareholder lawsuits

EA hit with shareholder lawsuits 03/29/2005 04:31 PM
Class action suits accuse the leading game publisher of inflating sales forecasts.

Linspire Looking for More Lawsuits

Linspire Looking for More Lawsuits 04/20/2004 10:11 AM

Linspire's lawyers (formerly Lindows) apparently need work after their losing battle with Microsoft. Now they're testing Apple's resolve by announcing LPhoto and LSongs . Two applications that bear more than a little resemblence to iPhoto and iTunes. Apple may be smaller than Microsoft, but it doesn't take too much research to find that they take their intellectual property very seriously. Unlike their last battle with Microsoft, I have a feeling they'll get to keep the names, but the apps will no doubt look vastly different by the time they are released.

Via /.

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IBM settles lawsuits

IBM settles lawsuits 06/23/2004 05:31 PM
USA Today Jun 23 2004 9:51PM GMT

More Music Lawsuits

More Music Lawsuits 02/17/2004 06:20 PM

531 more music file sharers sued: Settlements in these cases are averaging $3,000 each. If the music industry is trying to intimidate people, it's working. I don't have Kazaa on my home machine anymore, and these news reports are a big reason why.

The recording industry sued 531 more computer users Tuesday it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet in what has become a routine reminder that college students, teenagers and others can face expensive lawsuits for swapping music online.

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Court Clears Way for More Age Lawsuits
(AP)

Court Clears Way for More Age Lawsuits
(AP) 03/31/2005 03:34 AM
AP - The Supreme Court expanded job protections for roughly half the nation's work force Wednesday, ruling that federal law allows people 40 and over to file age bias claims over salary and hiring even if employers never intended any harm.

More Overture Breakup Lawsuits

More Overture Breakup Lawsuits 11/05/2003 02:55 AM
When Yahoo bought Overture, one of the first things we mentioned was that people shouldn't just add Overture's revenue to Yahoo's because plenty of Overture's partners would bail out as quickly as possible, since they saw themselves as competitors to Yahoo. It hasn't taken long for that scenario to play out - but it's proving to be a pretty litigious situation. First, T-Online ditched Overture for Google, but Overture sued and won. Now, the same thing is playing out with Lycos, except that Lycos is striking first. They've both dumped Overture for Google and proactively sued them for breach of contract. They claim that Overture needed Lycos' permission before agreeing to the Yahoo acquisition. This might seem like a bit of a stretch at first, but it was apparently in the contract because Lycos wanted to make sure their private info never got into the hands of a list of competitors - with Yahoo at the top of that list. The complaint also alleges (just to make matters more fun) that Overture still owes Lycos nearly a million dollars, and they'd like to see the check pretty damn soon.

Microsoft, Gateway end lawsuits

Microsoft, Gateway end lawsuits 04/12/2005 03:27 AM
stuff.co.nz Apr 12 2005 7:17AM GMT

RIAA Launching New Lawsuits Anyway

RIAA Launching New Lawsuits Anyway 12/22/2003 07:43 PM
Given the weekend to think about the fact that they can't just send out a blizzard of subpoenas any more, the RIAA has decided, what the hell, they'll just file a blizzard of lawsuits instead, and then get the subpoenas to discover the identity of anonymous file sharers. Of course, filing incorrect lawsuits probably looks worse (and is more expensive) for the RIAA than filing incorrect subpoenas.

More RIAA Lawsuits Filed

More RIAA Lawsuits Filed 02/18/2004 02:25 AM
Techfocus Feb 18 2004 5:41AM GMT

RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits

RIAA Files 532 Lawsuits 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
Slashdot Jan 22 2004 2:52AM GMT

New Flurry of RIAA Lawsuits

New Flurry of RIAA Lawsuits 02/18/2004 07:51 AM
The music industry sues another 531 people for sharing copyright music over peer-to-peer networks. That brings the total number of people sued to nearly 1,500. By Katie Dean.

Are The RIAA Lawsuits Working?

Are The RIAA Lawsuits Working? 11/06/2003 12:25 PM
Ever since the RIAA started suing their customers, there's been an upturn in CD sales. It's no surprise, of course, to find out that record industry execs now believe the legal slapdown strategy is working wonders. There are, of course, plenty of other explanations (such as the economy rebounding), but I'd actually buy into the idea that, in the short term, the RIAA's legal strategy was likely to boost CD sales. The bigger question is whether or not it is a long term strategy that can work. Despite efforts by people to boycott the RIAA (which just doesn't work), most people are still going to go out and get the music they want. However, increasing the negative impression customers have of the established recording industry just sets up an opportunity for other, more customer friendly, options to come along. When consumers have no other choice, they'll hold their nose and stick with what's given them - but given some choice, they'll run like bandits. The music industry may have won a short term battle, but they've opened up a huge opportunity for a new model in music distribution. Now, the question is who will fill it?

i2 settles shareholder lawsuits

i2 settles shareholder lawsuits 05/10/2004 10:01 AM
The software company, which has been plagued by accounting problems, will pay a total of $84.9 million, half of which will come from its insurance policy.

RIAA lawsuits mount

RIAA lawsuits mount 06/22/2004 05:09 PM
USA Today Jun 22 2004 9:51PM GMT

BPI sits on sidelines as P2P lawsuits
fly

BPI sits on sidelines as P2P lawsuits
fly 06/09/2004 08:52 AM
vnunet.com Jun 9 2004 12:39PM GMT

SCO plans more Linux lawsuits

SCO plans more Linux lawsuits 11/18/2003 11:19 PM
The Linux antagonist vows to widen its legal battle against the open-source operating system, saying it intends to sue large-scale Linux users for copyright infringement.

IBM settles cancer lawsuits

IBM settles cancer lawsuits 06/24/2004 11:37 AM
USA Today Jun 24 2004 3:36PM GMT

SCO lawsuits funded by Microsoft?

SCO lawsuits funded by Microsoft? 03/06/2004 01:59 AM

Wow: thi s one from Damien Barret:

"Color me not surprised. It appears that Microsoft is paying SCO to file all those ridiculous lawsuits against the users of Linux. I've seen low before, but this is pretty damn low. Scumsucking low."

I have no idea if any of that is true, but, it's truly sad that I could easily believe it's true... that's how much I trust the Microsoft corporate brand.

reign in shot-gun lawsuits

reign in shot-gun lawsuits 02/15/2004 02:36 PM
American Medical News .. Feb. 16

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SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year,
And More

SCO Hints at *BSD Lawsuits Next Year,
And More 11/19/2003 02:05 PM

Some Twists in Music Piracy Lawsuits

Some Twists in Music Piracy Lawsuits 08/22/2004 12:24 AM
AP via Los Angeles Times Aug 22 2004 5:04AM GMT

Napster investors repaid with lawsuits

Napster investors repaid with lawsuits 04/21/2004 04:56 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 21 2004 8:44AM GMT

Microsoft Settles Several Lawsuits, But
Still Faces More

Microsoft Settles Several Lawsuits, But
Still Faces More 04/13/2004 12:53 PM
"My sense is that Microsoft is doing their best to put as many of the legal issues behind them as they can," said Neil Herman, an analyst who follows the company for Lehman Brothers. "It helps push forward the perspective of a kinder, gentler Microsoft, which is, I think, something that they've been working toward."

SCO's Lawsuits do not have users worried

SCO's Lawsuits do not have users worried 03/06/2004 01:54 AM
SCO going after a couple of very large companies will be the beginning of the end. How stupid can SCO...
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Hexx::NET

Hexx::NET 03/27/2005 08:38 PM
Alive and kickin'

Playboy game launch party at Playboy
Mansion, LA

Playboy game launch party at Playboy
Mansion, LA 05/12/2004 02:12 PM
Most of the time, the life of a wayward freelance geek journalist is fraught with stress, challenges, unpaid invoices. Well, last night wasn't one of those times. I went to the Playboy Mansion to interview Hugh Hefner, and cover the launch of a new Playboy-themed electronic game for Wired News and National Public Radio. In the game, you get to be Hef, doing hefsterly things like -- oh, nailing 18 year old hotties, and managing a booming porn publication empire.

I sat down with Mr. Hefner and his gorgeous companions, and asked him if he felt the game designers had created an accurate virtual depiction of the world in which he lives. "It's pretty good, other than the fact that they gave me this giant Jay Leno chin," he said. There was much butt cleavage in effect. Beautiful women with tromp l'oeil lingerie painted on their perfectly engineered breasts served little snacks off flawlessly polished silver platters (see image at left). Oh, and in case you're wondering -- there is no WiFi inside the grotto, although there is one very heavily used mattress. NPR and Wired News stories coming up.
Link to another mildly unsafe for work picture snapped during the event.

Who needs playboy?

Who needs playboy? 11/19/2003 02:22 PM
What do you get when you get together on a rainy afternoon, a jacket that's been worn by a gazillion...

Put on Your PJs and Run Playboy

Put on Your PJs and Run Playboy 05/13/2004 04:57 AM
A video game coming out in November will let players fill Hugh Hefner's slippers. Also: Doom III will be released this summer.... Final Fantasy soundtrack goes high-class at the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

More Big Boobs in Playboy

More Big Boobs in Playboy 08/13/2004 05:31 AM
An interview with Google's co-founders due out in the current issue of Playboy may delay the company's IPO. Securities regulations restrict what executives can say while preparing to sell stock for the first time.

"playboy.com / sex / sex pistols"

"playboy.com / sex / sex pistols" 09/02/2004 03:29 PM

Playboy gets go-ahead to sue AOL

Playboy gets go-ahead to sue AOL 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
Playboy gets the right to sue AOL unit Netscape in a breach of copyright case over the term "playmate".

playboy.com / sex / sex pistols

playboy.com / sex / sex pistols 09/02/2004 04:11 AM
"Boy-crazy Jessica Culter," .. Washingtonienne in Playboy .. Playboy

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Playboy iBod

Playboy iBod 12/19/2004 03:01 PM

Playboy has released a little one-off collection of pictures designed for viewing on the iPod Photo called the 'iBod.' It's essentially a ZIP archive with 25 low-resolution pictures—something you could do with your own porn collection in an instant—but it's got the iPod and this fancy graphic here, so it's easy to trick gullible gadget writers into writing about it, without even knowing how silly they look as they are typing the very words in front of them.

iBod [Playboy]

AOL Settles Playboy Suit

AOL Settles Playboy Suit 01/23/2004 06:31 PM
Internet.com Jan 23 2004 10:16PM GMT

Google hit with Playboy trouble

Google hit with Playboy trouble 08/14/2004 01:01 AM
The Scotsman Aug 14 2004 4:46AM GMT

Playboy Fails to Excite

Playboy Fails to Excite 08/06/2004 01:20 PM
The adult entertainment provider falls short in the second quarter.

Playboy Magazine Covers

Playboy Magazine Covers 12/04/2003 11:56 PM
Every Playboy Cover Find the bunnies! (NSFW if they don't like you looking at Playboy Magazine Covers)

SEC to examine Playboy for boobs

SEC to examine Playboy for boobs 08/13/2004 10:53 AM
Larry, Sergey grace the glossy

Playboy could skin Google's IPO

Playboy could skin Google's IPO 08/13/2004 05:22 AM
64.4.171.250 - Fri Aug 13, 08:47 am GMT

Playboy coming to iPod

Playboy coming to iPod 01/05/2005 08:31 AM
CNN Money Jan 5 2005 12:32PM GMT

Did Google Reveal Too Much In Playboy?

Did Google Reveal Too Much In Playboy? 08/12/2004 10:19 PM
Playboy Magazine has been granted an interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of the world's largest and most popular search engine, Google. Slated for release in the September issue of Playboy, the interview is being advertised by Playboy website as "a candid conversation with America's newest billionaires about their oddball company, how they tamed the Web and why their motto is 'Don't be evil.'"

The interview, which was granted a week before they filed their $2.7 billion IPO in late March, has raised speculation that it may not only cause doubt in the general investing public, but may also catch the attention of the Securities & Exchange Commision (SEC). "The SEC has put together the [mandatory] 'quiet period' so the market can't be conditioned, so there shouldn't be anything that circulates other than material fact," said David Menlow, president of IPO Financial Network, a securities research specialist. "Any interview before Google filed should have raised the arm hairs of the company's attorneys," he said.

Other companies, including Webvan and Salesforce.com, have been punished by the SEC for speaking out during their quiet period.

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The Playboy strategy game

The Playboy strategy game 07/15/2004 12:17 AM
So the Playboy the game is out and ready to go. I have to admit, it looks like a slightly more adult version of the Sims to me personally. The game’s makers claim that it is about business, but I can not help wondering what kind they might be referring to. Besides that, if it is like anything from real life, you can rest assure that the Geeks are not included. :o/

Google bares too much in Playboy?

Google bares too much in Playboy? 08/13/2004 07:17 AM
ZDNet Aug 13 2004 11:55AM GMT

Avoid that File Download Warning when
running a file from a unc path in Server
2003

Avoid that File Download Warning when
running a file from a unc path in Server
2003 04/21/2004 05:09 PM

Exporting SQL Query Results To A Comma
Delimited File Format File

Exporting SQL Query Results To A Comma
Delimited File Format File 05/21/2004 09:57 AM

SEC Might Want To Cool Off After Reading
About Google In Playboy

SEC Might Want To Cool Off After Reading
About Google In Playboy 08/12/2004 04:49 PM
Poor Google. They've made such an effort to remain ridiculously quiet during the "quiet period" to avoid any IPO delays, but now it's looking like the thought of being in the same pages as naked women may have gotten to them. The latest issue of Playboy apparently has an interview with Google's co-founders that some believe may make the SEC impose a "cooling off" period (I won't even go there...) before they'll allow the IPO to proceed. This is, of course, the same thing that happened to Salesforce.com, that had a huge NY Times interview with its founder come out days before the expected IPO. The SEC made them push that IPO off a month. Considering the weak state of the IPO market these days, this might not actually be a bad thing, though I'm sure Google was hoping to get the process over with as quickly as possible, to get rid of all this negative press and detailed attention surrounding the IPO. Of course, it does make you wonder... what happens to the auction process? Since the bidding is set to close any minute now, if the IPO gets put off a month, will they let people change their bids? Over the next month, plenty could happen that might make people change how they feel about Google and what they might be willing to pay.

Google speaks out on boobs in Playboy

Google speaks out on boobs in Playboy 08/15/2004 04:06 AM
As Neowin reported earlier this week, Google may have revealed a bit too much in their recent interview with Playboy, which hit news stands Friday. But now Google is saying the magazine article contains numerous misinformations about the company, and that potential investors should not consider it when deciding whether to buy shares in the company.

One of the mis-facts in the article was the statement that Google's Gmail service has 200 times more storage than the company's competitors, however, as Google was quick to point out in their latest Securities and Exchange Commission filings on Friday, its competitors have quickly closed the gap and now offer similar storage sizes to Gmail.

Other incorrect statement was that 65 million people worldwide use Google's search engine, each day. Google contends that is a monthly, not daily, count of domestic visitors to its site.

The article also said it had about 1,000 employees; Google currently has about 2,292 employees.

But, in the end, you have to ask: Who really reads the articles in Playboy anyway?

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Pornoportraiture, deconstructed: every
Playboy centerfold, ever

Pornoportraiture, deconstructed: every
Playboy centerfold, ever 11/02/2003 09:46 PM
Artist Jason Salavon created a suite of photographs which portray a mean average of every Playboy centerfold foldout for the past four decades, from 1960 through 1999. The series of composite Digital C-prints traces, meta-style, the evolution of sexually explicit popular portraiture.

Salavon "generates [and] reconfigures large collections of communal data to present new perspectives on familiar objects. Using software processes of his own design he produces compositions that are most often exhibited as art objects, such as photographic prints and video installations."

Link (yes, worksafe, you prudes) (via Wiley)

Google Creators Interviewed by Playboy

Google Creators Interviewed by Playboy 08/12/2004 10:06 PM

Google revealed in Playboy interview?

Google revealed in Playboy interview? 08/12/2004 06:23 PM
Interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin may raise SEC concerns about the search king's IPO.

Playboy article may delay Google IPO

Playboy article may delay Google IPO 08/13/2004 05:22 AM
Thestate.com - Fri Aug 13, 09:38 am GMT

Injunction Against Playboy Issue
Rejected (AP)

Injunction Against Playboy Issue
Rejected (AP) 08/20/2004 10:17 AM
AP - The local issue of Playboy remained on newsstands Friday, after a judge rejected a request for a temporary injunction filed by Athens Games' organizers over the magazine's use of Olympic symbols in a photo spread.

Google float closer despite Playboy

Google float closer despite Playboy 08/17/2004 01:52 AM
RTE Online Aug 17 2004 6:44AM GMT

Will interview in Playboy delay the
Google IPO?

Will interview in Playboy delay the
Google IPO? 08/13/2004 02:02 AM
Interview with Playboy may violate the SEC's "quiet period" rule. Even with the prospect of an IPO delay, Google has set the launch of their IPO auction for Friday morning.

Goggle lawsuits guiding the way

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