Computers and the Law: An Introduction to Basic Legal Principles and Their Application in Cyberspace Book

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

1 The Common Law and Statutory Law 1

Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Company, 382 P.2d 109 (1962) 3

In re Phillip B., 92 Cal.App.3d 796 (1979) 10

Guardianship of Phillip B., 139 Cal.App.3d 407 (1983) 14

2 Contracts 23

Batsakis v. Demotsis, 226 S.W.2d 673 (1949) 26

Raffles v. Wichelhaus, 2 Hurl. & C. 906 (1864) 29

Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Inc., 86 N.W.2d 689 (1957) 33

Mesaros v. United States, 845 F.2d 1576 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 35

Arizona Retail Systems, Inc. v. The Software Link, Inc., 831 F. Supp. 759 (D. Ariz. 1993) 42

ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996) 47

Hill v. Gateway 2000, Inc., 105 F.3d 1147 (7th Cir. 1997) 52

3 Torts Introduction 57

4 Defamation 67

Gordon v. Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital Assn., Inc., 489 A.2d 1364 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1985) 69

Carl Sagan v. Apple Computer, Inc., 874 F. Supp. 1072 (C.D. Ca. 1994) 74

Blumenthal v. Drudge, 992 F. Supp. 44 (D.D.C. 1998) 77

5 Third Party Liability 83

Zeran v. America Online, Inc., 129 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 1997) 84

Smith v. California, 361 U.S. 147 (1959) 90

6 Copyrights 100

Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc., 499 U.S. 340 (1991) 101

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena (copyright section), 839 F. Supp. 1552 (M.D. Fla. 1993) 107

Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 490 U.S. 730 (1989) 111

Sega Enterprises, Ltd. v. Accolade, Inc., U.S. App. LEXIS 78 (9th Cir. 1993) 120

Walt Disney Productions v. The Air Pirates, 581 F.2d 751 (9th Cir. 1978) 129

Lone Ranger Television, Inc. v. Program Radio Corporation, 740 F.2d 718 (9th Cir. 1984) 134

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v.Grokster, Ltd., 125 S. Ct. 2764 138

New York Times, Inc. v. Tasini, 121 S.Ct. 2381 (2001) 150

7 Trade Secrets 159

Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Company, 107 F.R.D. 288 (D. Del. 1985) 160

MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511, 518 (9th Cir. 1993) 167

8 Trademarks 171

Jordache Enterprises v. Hogg Wyld, Ltd., 828 F.2d 1482 (10th Cir. 1987) 173

Lucasfilm, Ltd. v. High Frontier, 622 F. Supp. 931 (D.D.C. 1985) 179

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp., U.S. App. LEXIS 442 (9th Cir. 2004) 182

Panavision International, L.P. v. Toeppen, 141 F.3d 1316 (9th Cir. 1998) 188

9 The Right of Privacy 194

Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967) 198

California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988) 204

Kyllo v. United States, 121 S.Ct. 2038 (2001) 209

Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979) 218

United States v. Poulsen, 41 F.3d 1330 (9th Cir. 1994) 223

Parnell v. Booth Newspapers, Inc., 572 F. Supp. 909 (W.D. Mich. 1983) 227

McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 115 S.Ct. 1511 (1995) 229

10 E-Mail 238

O'Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709 (1987) 238

Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service, 36 F.3d 457 (5th Cir. 1994) 247

11 The Right of Publicity 255

Vanna White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 971 F.2d 1395 (9th Cir. 1992) 258

12 Constitutional Law 268

Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 491 U.S. 781 (1989) 272

F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, 438 U.S. 726 (1978) 279

Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union et al., 117 S. Ct. 2329 (1997) 290

United States v. American Library Association, Inc., 2003 U.S. Lexis 4799 (2003) 303

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union et al., 124 S. Ct. 2783 (2004) 312

13 Pornography and Obscenity 322

Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973) 322

United States v. Thomas, 74 F.3d 701 (6th Cir. 1996) 330

New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982) 337

Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 122 S. Ct. 1389 (2002) 345

14 Advertising and Spam 355

Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 (1977) 355

Coca-Cola v. Tropicana Products, Inc., 690 F.2d 312 (2d Cir. 1982) 368

Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. America Online, Inc., 948 F. Supp. 456 (E.D. Pa. 1996) 372

Compuserve Incorporated v. Cyber Promotions, Inc., 962 F. Supp. 1015 (S.D.) 375

15 Jurisdiction 383

International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (1945) 387

Minnesota v. Granite Gate Resorts, Inc., 568 N.W.2d 715 (Minn. 1997) 392

California Software, Inc. v. Reliability Research, Inc., 631 F. Supp. 1356 (C.D. Cal. 1986) 397

Compuserve, Inc. v. Patterson, 89 F.3d 1257 (6th Cir. 1996) 401

Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King, 937 F. Supp. 295 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) 407

Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King, 126 F.3d 25 (2d Cir. 1997) 411

Cody v. Ward, 954 F. Supp. 43 (D. Conn. 1997) 413

Inset Systems, Inc. v. Instruction Set, Inc., 937 F. Supp. 161 (D. Conn. 1996) 415

Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc., 130 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 1997) 418

Afterword 425

Index 427