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Police blotter: Child porn in Web cache OK

November 24, 2006 In this week's installment, court reverses conviction of man who viewed illegal porn but didn't know it was saved in his Web cache. TAGS: conviction, Police Blotter, defendant, Pennsylvania, cache, possession, evidence, prosecutor, law, image, Web browser, situation, hard drive

Even in Net litigation, it's all about location

May 2, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says Web publishers and surfers can learn--and take comfort--from the dismissed DontDateHimGirl.com suit. TAGS: Pennsylvania, defendant, court, jurisdiction, advertiser, litigation, profile, resident, state, Florida, Google Inc., contact, server

Men sued for spam pushing fake diplomas

December 6, 2004 Pennsylvania says e-mail boasting university degrees requiring no classes or tests violate consumer protection law. TAGS: Pennsylvania, degree, university, attorney general, state, e-mail

Google search not enough to locate taxpayer, court says

June 6, 2007 Pennsylvania county says Google search to locate a man whose property was later sold for back taxes was sufficient. State court disagrees. TAGS: county, Pennsylvania, Google Search, tax, court, property, Google Inc.

Police Blotter: Official can't be fired in sex e-mail flap

October 17, 2007 Pennsylvania court rules that a senior bureaucrat who circulated photos of exposed body parts should be reinstated at a lower level. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Police Blotter, bureaucrat, firing, e-mail message, duty, policy, e-mail, photograph, CD

MySpace seeks advice in sex offender investigation

June 4, 2007 Social-networking service asks Pennsylvania court for guidance as it responds to state attorney general's request for e-mail content. TAGS: MySpace, Pennsylvania, request, News Corp., guidance, attorney general, e-mail message, e-mail, advice, database

Police blotter: Prosecutors want reporters' hard drives

October 13, 2006 Pennsylvania's attorney general demands newspaper reporters' hard drives as part of a grand-jury investigation. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Police Blotter, attorney general, subpoena, reporter, prosecutor, newspaper, First Amendment, hard drive, Web browser, password

Police blotter: 911 dispatcher misuses database, kills ex-girlfriend

May 19, 2006 An emergency call center worker in Pennsylvania misuses government database before murdering his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. TAGS: call-center, Police Blotter, Pennsylvania, suspension, supervisor, firing, database, shot, article

Police blotter: Cops raid Usenet provider over porn

September 8, 2006 Judge lets civil rights lawsuit proceed that Usenet provider filed against Pa. police after being raided. TAGS: Usenet, plaintiff, Pennsylvania, Police Blotter, defendant, raid, U.S. District Judge, Communications Decency Act, claim, violation, attorney, Judge, police, Internet Service Provider, Internet service, service provider

Police blotter: Schools' IT chief loses bribery appeal

March 24, 2006 No reduced sentence for Pennsylvania official who admitted to taking kickbacks linked to a federal E-rate program. TAGS: E-Rate, bribery, bribe, Police Blotter, Pennsylvania, sentence, court, contract, school, payment, information technology, trial

Police Blotter: Can Circuit City techs legally peruse files?

December 14, 2007 After retailer allegedly discovers contraband on man's PC, he asks judges to say results of search can't be used as evidence. TAGS: Police Blotter, appeals court, Circuit City Stores Inc., technician, Pennsylvania, court, evidence, burner, DVD burner, DVD-drive, video, DVD, hard drive

MySpace.com, News Corp. sued in assault cases

January 18, 2007 Site and parent company are being sued by the families of girls allegedly solicited and sexually assaulted by adult users of MySpace. TAGS: MySpace, News Corp., South Carolina, Pennsylvania, law firm, New York, Texas, family

School filters vs. home proxies

May 3, 2006 Some schools let filter bypassers off the hook if they'll reveal how they did it. Plus: Rating professors online; and sites that may be scarier than MySpace. TAGS: margin, school, proxy, Pennsylvania, filter, student, teacher, parent, MySpace, PC

Police Blotter: Court overturns man's Net ban for life

June 6, 2007 Appeals court decides that judge's decision to permanently ban sex offender from Internet is too broad. TAGS: Police Blotter, ban, defendant, employment, condition, education, Pennsylvania, computer network, court

Week in review: Tech face-lift

June 30, 2006 A massive communications bill is taking shape in the Senate, and it promises to change the shape of the tech world. TAGS: Week in review, telecommunications, Pennsylvania, Net Neutrality, reader, communication, senator, law, rule, Verizon Communications, broadband, idea

A picture paints a thousand words in court

May 24, 2006 As tech invades the courtroom, attorney Eric J. Sinrod cautions that computer-generated animation may open a Pandora's Box. TAGS: defendant, testimony, jury, evidence, Pennsylvania, motion, court, impact, trial, wife, theory, animation
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