Stanford Center for Internet and Society

On April 29, 2004, second-year law student JuNelle Harris, LLM student
Ohad Mayblum, and clinic director Jennifer Granick appeared in the Santa
Clara County Superior Court on behalf of John Doe, asking the court to
quash Homeward's subpoenas to Yahoo! for his personal information and that
of co-defendant Jack Doe. JuNelle Harris gave the oral argument. Opposing
counsel Jay F. Stocker, who appeared telephonically, did not argue that
any of the statements in the email at issue were false, but repeated some
of the red herrings, unrelated to the underlying defamation complaint,
that first appeared in Homeward's Opposition to this motion. The Honorable

April 22, 2004: CanSecWest, Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Internet Legal Issues Panel Discussion

The United States Sentencing Commission issued its sentencing guidelines for punishing offenses under the CAN SPAM Act. The pdf of the regulations is available here. The relevant guidelines start on page 155. As you can see, the Commission did not adopt the recommendations of Cyberlaw Clinic clients the NACDL or EFF.

In this case, CIS filed a motion and supporting declaration asking the Santa Clara County Superior Court to quash a subpoena from Homeward Pet Adoption Center to Yahoo! seeking personal information about an anonymous e-mail send to a list of people interested in the practices and policies of the animal shelter. Homeward asserted that the "John Doe", using the pseudonym "lazlototh1900_at_yahoo.com," submitted damaging statements
concerning Homeward to a Homeward-focused mailing list. In the Motion to Quash, CIS argued that Homeward must make a threshold showing before

Eric Goldman and Michael O'Hear, Assistant Professors of Law at Marquette University Law School, have also filed comments with the U.S. Sentencing Commission expressing concern about the proposal for sentencing violations of the CAN SPAM act. To read these comments, click here. You can also visit Goldman's website.

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CIS represents the plaintiffs, including a music conductor in Golan v. Ashcroft, a case challenging Congress’s “restoration” of copyrights to works that have passed into the public domain. The government moved to dismiss Golan on the basis of the Supreme Court's ruling in Eldred v. Ashcroft. Today the District Court (opinion) rejected the government’s motion, and, while striking an Eldred-related claim, refused to dismiss the other 3 counts of the complaint.

CIS represents the plaintiffs, including a music conductor in Golan v. Ashcroft, a case challenging Congress’s “restoration” of copyrights to works that have passed into the public domain. The government moved to dismiss Golan on the basis of the Supreme Court's ruling in Eldred v. Ashcroft. Today the District Court (opinion) rejected the government’s motion, and, while striking an Eldred-related claim, refused to dismiss the other 3 counts of the complaint.

March 15, 2004: New York Times on Internet gambling

Jennifer Granick will be the featured speaker at a Stanford Networking Research Center Special Seminar on March 18th

“Open Access or Legal Trespass? - Rights Clashes Regarding Wireless Network Hotspots”
March 18, 2004, 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 pm
(Reception to follow)
David Packard Electrical Engineering Bldg.
Packard Auditorium
Stanford University