Phil Law Weblog

World’s leading videogame publisher, Electronic Arts, is being sued by videogame fans for the way it has handled the digital rights-management software built into its new game, Spore.

Florida congressman Mark Foley is finally free from the Florida’s computer child pornography and exploitation law, and a state law banning the transmittal of harmful material to minors via electronic equipment or devices. Nearly two years after the Florida congressman abruptly resigned over sexually explicit messages he sent to a teenage House page, law enforcement [...]

The Virgina anti-spam law has finally been rejected for being unconstitutional by the state. The judgement has come with the release of the Spam King Jeremy Jaynes by the Virginia Supreme Court before couple of days.

The settlement between the retail giant Target.corp and the of the National Federation of the Blind, is likely to prompt other retailers to upgrade their sites. The company sources said that under the settlement, the company has already made some necessary changes to improve the accessibility of its Web site. Some legal experts said that [...]

The lawsuit between the Assessor Dan Ashwood and California businessman Roger Hurlbert, computer-readable assessment database information lawsuit is likely to a settlement. Roger Hurlbert, alleges the fee totaling more than $1,600 requested by Assessor Dan Ashwood, exceeded the amount recoverable by law. Muskogee County commissioners hope to go to settle a lawsuit in which [...]

The Oklahoman Publishing Company has agreed to come to a settlement with the sportswriter Jake Trotter in the libel lawsuit. The writer of the libelous article James W. Conradt , a University of Texas computer employee, apologized and agreed to pay OPUBCO an undisclosed sum.

Comcast, the leading provider of cable services and one of the world’s leading communications companies, is likely to face the class action lawsuit for allegedly cheating the customers by surreptitiously blocking Internet file transfers. The suit was filed July 18 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

The telecommunication giant Comcast has faced a class action lawsuit for allegedly blocking users attempts to share files. Gilbert Randolph announced to have filed the lawsuit in the federal court in Portland, Ore.

L’Union des consommateurs, an Quebec group along with the Bell Canada customer Myrna Raphael, filed a class action lawsuit against the Bell Canada over the company’s internet access policy. The company has allegedly broken the three year ADSL contract with Raphael in 2006.

The Quebec customers filed a class action lawsuit against Bell Canada on charges of Internet hijacking at the Quebec Superior Court last week. The fraud victims say that without their knowledge, or consent, their computers downloaded a hidden program which caused their computers to place expensive, long distance phone calls.