Litigation

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  • Schools in two states unblock LGBT sites
    Mon, Jun 08, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation
    Dozens of Tennessee schools have restored students' access to online information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues, just a few weeks after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against two Tennessee school districts for what the ACLU claimed was an unconstitutional blocking of student access to such sites. Key words: ACLU, LBGT, Knox County, Metropolitan Nashville, ENA, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • Lawsuits test free speech in internet era
    Thu, Jun 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation
    A federal appeals court in Philadelphia must decide whether a Pennsylvania middle school can suspend a student who, at home on her own time, created a lewd MySpace page aimed at her principal. Key words: MySpace, free-speech rights, American Civil Liberties Union [ Read More ]

  • Obama names first Hispanic to High Court
    Wed, May 27, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Legislation , Litigation
    President Barack Obama on May 26 named federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter--making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a High Court justice, and giving some education professionals hope that she will be assertive for education rights. Key words: Sonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama, Supreme Court, education [ Read More ]

  • ACLU sues over blocked web sites
    Wed, May 20, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation
    The American Civil Liberties Union and its Tennessee branch sued two Tennessee school districts in federal court May 19, claiming that the districts are unconstitutionally blocking students from accessing online information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues. Key words: ACLU, LGBT, Knox County Schools, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, first amendment, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • Google's book scanning faces scrutiny
    Mon, May 11, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation , Antitrust settlements
    A proposed settlement among Google Inc., the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers over Google's extensive book-scanning project faces growing scrutiny--and new fears that the deal could give Google too much power over future access to digital texts. Key words: Google Inc., Authors Guild, book scanning, campus research, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • Campus network used in spamming scheme
    Mon, May 04, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation
    Two Missouri brothers were indicted by a federal grand jury April 23 on charges of illegally harvesting student eMail addresses from more than 2,000 campuses using a program that falsified eMail header information and avoided spam filters. The spamming scheme allegedly sold $4.1 million worth of products to students. Key words: University of Missouri, spam eMail, spamming, federal grand jury, education, technology, federal indictment [ Read More ]

  • DVD copying software on trial
    Wed, Apr 29, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Copyright
    A federal trial now under way could decide whether educators, students, and other consumers will have legal access to technology that allows them to make backup copies of their DVDs on a computer hard drive. Key words: DVD copying, pirating, illegal downloading, RealNetworks, technology, movie industry [ Read More ]

  • Music hearing can't be streamed online
    Fri, Apr 17, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation
    Oral arguments in a music downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University student can't be streamed online, a federal appeals court ruled April 16. Key words: recording industry, Boston University, live streaming, RIAA, education, technology [ Read More ]

  • Federal judge blocks charges in 'sexting' case
    Tue, Mar 31, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation
    A federal judge on March 30 temporarily blocked a prosecutor from filing child pornography charges against three northeastern Pennsylvania teenagers who appeared in racy photos that turned up on classmates' cell phones. Key words: sexting, child pornography charges, teen cell phone use [ Read More ]

  • Porn charges for 'sexting' stir debate
    Thu, Feb 05, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation
    As eSchool News has reported before, the growing trend of teenagers distributing nude self-portraits electronically--often called "sexting" if it's done by cell phone--has parents and school administrators worried. Some prosecutors have begun charging teens who send and receive such images with child pornography and other serious felonies. But is that the best way to handle it? Key concepts: sexting, cell photos, criminal charges, student punishment [ Read More ]

 

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