Author Archives: Dougernaut

About Dougernaut

Worked in technology for 9 years before heading to law school. While working, got a masters degree in information science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently, I also write for Sportazine.com, co-host the Music Manumit Podcast and am a founding member of the Netizen Empowerment Federation.

Roadmap for OSP’s Summer

This week begins my summer OSP series. Usually the articles will come out on Thursdays, but obviously if you’re using an RSS reader you’ll just get the articles when they come out. I’ve decided I can’t do an article per … Continue reading

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Cybercrime 11: Identity Theft

This is the last Cybercrime post…maybe ever. I’ve not really gotten any feedback on the previous posts other than the fact that April was a record-breaking month. I wrote a trademarks post in April too, so I don’t know if … Continue reading

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Cybercrime 10: Protection of Minors

This is a pretty hot-button topic. Free speech and children are two of the things people get most worked up about. If you put them on opposite teams, there is sure to be fireworks. While SCOTUS has put some limits … Continue reading

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Cybercrime 9: Trade Secret Misappropriation and Other Stolen “Property”

Most of you will be glad to know that it was my professor and not me that first included the scare quotes around “property.” He’s an interesting guy. He is/was a Dead Head, but seems like a pro-plaintiff/pro-prosecutor kind of … Continue reading

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Cybercrime 8: DMCA Litigation Process

Per usual: IANAL/TINLA. It’s finals time, which means I need to start thinking and synthesizing the Cybercrime material. You’ve already seen that with a bit of flurry of recent activity. That flurry actually lead to a record-breaking April for OSP … Continue reading

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Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act – 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)

As always (though I should probably say it more): IANAL and TINLA! Domain names, like many broad, introductory issues, are a topic not reasonably covered in a single blog post. My trademarks textbook uses 86 pages to cover the topic … Continue reading

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Cybercrime 6: Let’s Talk About the Constitution Baby

Ok, maybe the Constitution isn’t as sexy as, well, sex. Still, we need to talk about it. Back in Week 5, I did a short overview on the ECPA. I mentioned I would be doing a second week, but got … Continue reading

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Cybercrime 4: State Computer Crime Statutes

We’re back with actual content! I suppose there’s no better place to start than where I left off. Reading for the week: 1.7. CFAA: Can a Third Party Be Liable? 1.7.1. Doe v. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2001 WL 873063 (D.N.H. … Continue reading

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Looking Ahead

I didn’t want another “meta” post, but I was writing this in another post and it just didn’t seem like it made sense to keep it in that post. Back before I decided to go monthly on the blog for … Continue reading

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Convention on Cybercrime Presentation

First, I’d like to apologize for skipping March. I made my statement about moving monthly early in our “winter break” and a few important things happened both during and after the break that made posting in March impractical. One of … Continue reading

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