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Judge: University illegally searched journalist’s camera

June 22, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A judge has ruled that the University of California police illegally searched the camera of a photojournalist covering a protest outside the chancellor's campus home, reports the Associated…

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Alabama professor charged in brother’s 1986 shooting death

June 17, 2010June 17, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

In a move that comes 14 years too late to save the three University of Alabama-Huntsville faculty members who were gunned down in February, Amy Bishop, the biology…

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High court turns down No Child Left Behind case

June 8, 2010 by Meris Stansbury

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a challenge by school districts and teacher unions to the federal No Child Left Behind law, reports the Associated Press.

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Judge allows limits on web-based sports coverage

June 4, 2010June 4, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The Wisconsin school athletic association has the right to limit who broadcasts games live on the internet, a judge ruled June 3 in a dispute over the media…

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U.S. court weighs school discipline for lewd web posts

September 29, 2010June 4, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia heard arguments June 3 over whether school officials can discipline students for making lewd, harassing, or juvenile internet postings from off-campus computers…

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Supreme Court gets RIAA copyright case

May 28, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A case testing the meaning of the so-called “innocent infringer’s” defense to the Copyright Act’s minimum fine of $750 per music track that is downloaded or shared illegally…

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District sued for ‘illegal’ search of student’s cell phone

May 21, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A Pennsylvania school district that was at the center of a highly publicized "sexting" case was sued May 20 by a teenager who claims her principal confiscated her…

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Students to see photos snapped in Pa. webcam ‘spying’ case

May 19, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Students in two suburban Philadelphia high schools will be allowed to view photographs taken by their school-issued laptops, and they may preview them first before deciding which images…

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Report: No spying in Pa. school laptops case

May 5, 2010May 5, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

There's no evidence a suburban Pennsylvania school district used school-issued laptops to spy on students, despite its questionable policies and its lack of regard for students' privacy, according…

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Rosetta Stone loses court case against Google

April 30, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Foreign-language education company Rosetta Stone Inc. has lost a court case in which it sued Google Inc. for allowing rivals to advertise copycat software when Rosetta trademarks are…

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Insurer won’t pay legal costs in Pa. webcam spying case

April 26, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

An insurance company says it won't pay legal costs for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused in a lawsuit of spying on students through laptop webcams, reports the…

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Employee in webcam spying flap: Teen had no expectation of privacy

May 4, 2010April 21, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A school technology official at the center of a webcam spying scandal says the Pennsylvania student suing her employer should not have had any expectation of privacy, because…

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Supreme Court hears text-messaging privacy case

November 5, 2013April 19, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to rule against public employees who claimed a local government violated their privacy by reading racy text messages they sent through their…

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Visual artists to sue Google over vast library project

April 7, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

As Google awaits approval of a controversial settlement with authors and book publishers, the company’s plan to create an immense digital library and bookstore might face yet another…

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Pa. school official ordered deposed in webcam case

April 6, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A federal judge has refused to quash a subpoena for the technology coordinator of a Pennsylvania school district that's accused of spying on students through laptop webcams, reports…

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School leaders face questions about bullying that led to suicide

April 2, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

School officials in South Hadley, Mass., are disputing claims that they had long known about the hazing of a 15-year-old student who committed suicide, reports the New York…

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Intellacom identified as contractor in school kickback scam

April 2, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A federal judge on March 31 identified the long-suspected president of a Plains Township, Pa., technology firm as the contractor who paid thousands of dollars in hidden kickbacks…

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Nine charged with bullying Mass. teen who killed self

March 30, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Nine teens have been charged in the "unrelenting" bullying of a teenage girl from Ireland who killed herself after being raped and enduring months of torment by classmates…

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Wisconsin schools to share $80 million Microsoft settlement

March 30, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

As a result of a class-action lawsuit settlement with Microsoft Corp., vouchers worth about $80 million are in the mail to districts across Wisconsin to help 800 low-income…

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ACLU mulling lawsuit over fake cameras installed in school bathrooms

March 24, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Principal Stephanie Nance thought she had a creative solution to vandalism in some bathrooms at Florida’s Crestwood Middle School, reports the Palm Beach Post: She installed fake surveillance…

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Court: Cyber-bullying threats are not protected speech

March 19, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A California appeals court ruled this week that threatening posts made by readers of a web site are not protected free speech, allowing a case charging the posters…

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Student who sued over confiscated cell phone loses appeal

March 19, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a high school student who sued his teacher after she confiscated his cell phone, reports the Arkansas News Bureau.

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Viacom says YouTube ignored copyrights

March 19, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Pointing to internal YouTube eMail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video site’s founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they…

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Court says parents can block ‘sexting’ cases

March 18, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

In the first federal appeals court opinion dealing with “sexting”—the transmission of sexually explicit photographs by cell phone—a three-judge panel ... Read more

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Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit

March 18, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will…

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IT employees suspended in school webcam spying case

March 5, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Two information technology employees of the Lower Merion School District have been placed on leave while an investigation continues into the use of remote surveillance software on student…

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UCLA resumes streaming video after legal complaint

November 5, 2013March 5, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

In the latest development in a dispute with broad implications for colleges nationwide, UCLA says it will continue to stream online instructional videos to students. The move comes…

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Experts: Schools can track laptops less intrusively

November 5, 2013February 25, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

School officials in Pennsylvania who admit remotely activating webcams to locate missing laptops could have used far less intrusive methods of finding the machines, such as GPS tracking…

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Google executives convicted over online bullying video

February 24, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

In a case with huge implications for web site operators, an Italian court on Feb. 24 convicted three Google executives of privacy violations because they did not act…

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Official: FBI probing school webcam spying case

February 22, 2010February 20, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students' homes is under investigation by federal authorities, a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the…

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School district sued for using webcams to spy on students

February 20, 2010February 19, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A suburban Philadelphia school district used the webcams in school-issued laptop computers to spy on students at home, potentially catching them and their families in compromising situations, a…

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Judge delays Google book ruling

November 5, 2013February 18, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

As educators and researchers await a landmark decision with enormous implications for schools and colleges, a Manhattan judge says it will take some time to decide whether Google…

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Judge: Student suspended for Facebook page can sue

February 16, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A federal judge has ruled that a South Florida teenager who sued her former principal after she was suspended for creating a Facebook page criticizing a teacher can…

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Google rebuts DOJ objections to digital book deal

February 12, 2010February 12, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Google Inc. wants the digital rights to millions of books badly enough that it's willing to take on the U.S. Department of Justice in a court battle over…

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New Jersey businessmen sentenced to jail for e-Rate fraud

February 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The former co-owners of a New Jersey computer services provider each have been sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to defraud the federal e-Rate…

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Feds still troubled by Google Books deal

February 5, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite…

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Rulings on MySpace suspensions leave more questions than answers

February 8, 2010February 5, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether school leaders can discipline their students for internet speech posted outside of school reached different rulings in two Pennsylvania cases on Feb.…

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Blind law student wins computer aid for bar exam

February 2, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

A blind law student can use computer-assisted reading devices in next month's bar exam, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting the examiners' arguments that the assistance was too…

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