FC: Legal update: Toiletcam decision, cybersquatting, Jailcam

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 18:12:55 PDT

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    Also see some articles about the JailCam:
    
    http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0525jailcam25.html
    Rights group sues Arpaio over jail camera / 2001-05-25
    
    http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/18/webcam_privacy/index.html
    Nowhere left to hide / 2001-06-18
    
    http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0426jailcam-ON.html
    'Jailcam' scaled back after complaints about toilet footage / 2001-04-27
    
    -Declan
    
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    http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,44612,00.html
    
        Cartoon Site Can't Be Squatted
        By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
        11:20 a.m. June 18, 2001 PDT
    
        JoeCartoon.com, which features off-color underground comic strips such
        as Frog Blender and Micro-Gerbil, is famous enough to be protected
        under a U.S. anti-cybersquatting law, an appeals court has decided.
    
        The Third Circuit Court of Appeals said on Friday that a Pennsylvania
        man who registered five variations of the domain name -- such as
        joescartoon.com, joecarton.com, and cartoonjoe.com -- violated the
        1999 Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
    
        [...]
    
        A trucking company can't install hidden cameras and microphones in
        employee bathrooms, a federal appeals court said.
    
        Consolidated Freightways argued that it was allowed to place
        surveillance devices behind mirrors in restrooms at its terminal in
        Mira Loma, California because of a collective bargaining agreement it
        inked with the Teamsters that was protected under federal law.
    
        But when workers discovered the equipment after a mirror fell out of
        the wall, they sued under a California state law saying anyone who
        installs a "two-way mirror permitting observation of any restroom" is
        guilty of a misdemeanor.
    
        [...]
    
    
    
    
    
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