Press release

In response to Fat Wallet’s letter demanding that Wal-Mart withdraw its subpoena for identifying information about a poster or face sanctions, Wal-Mart backed down. Wal-Mart had sought the identity of the individual who posted Wal-Mart Day After Thanksgiving sales information on the FatWallet site. Megan E. Gray, co-counsel for FatWallet, was not surprised by Wal-Mart’s decision. “You have to call their bluff. Too often people will assert copyright protection when it is clear none exists, just to fall under the broad reach of the DMCA. It is why abuses of the DMCA are so common.”  read more »

The creation of a first-of-its-kind law clinic that aims to establish a moral voice and public conscience for Silicon Valley in emerging high technology issues will be announced this morning (Monday, April 24) by the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.  read more »