--- From: "Ben Edelman" <edelmanat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: Preliminary Injunction Granted - "Judge: See ya later, Gator" Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:42:27 -0400 Declan, Your readers may be interested in the outcome of today's hearing in the lawsuit filed against Gator by the Washington Post, the New York Times, Dow Jones, and seven other companies. In short, Judge Hilton today granted the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction barring Gator from delivering and displaying its ads upon user requests for the plaintiffs' sites. The case will go to trial later this year. See below for an excerpt of today's CNET article on topic. I have prepared a listing of available primary source material, including the plaintiffs' complaint and motion for preliminary injunction, as well as my expert report about the method of operation of Gator and its appearance to users. These documents are available at <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/gator/>. Ben Edelman Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard Law School http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/edelman Judge: See ya later, Gator Fri Jul 12, 7:41 PM ET Stefanie Olsen A federal judge on Friday ordered software company Gator to temporarily stop displaying pop-up advertising over Web publishers' pages without their permission. The order was issued in a lawsuit filed against Gator in June by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Dow Jones and seven other publishers, which allege the company's ads violate their copyrights and steal revenue. On Friday, Judge Claude Hilton granted the motion, according to the clerk's office at the federal court in Alexandria, Va., where the suit was filed. The companies had sought a temporary injunction against Gator preventing it from delivering ads keyed to their sites pending the resolution of the suit, in which they are seeking a permanent injunction against the company and monetary damages for any advertising dollars made from their Web pages. ... http://news.com.com/2100-1023-943515.html for more ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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