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EFF: California Supreme Court Reviews Email Pamphleteer Case, Lower Court Decision Threatens Internet Commerce and Speech
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:13:44 -0500
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Advisory For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Contact: Lee Tien Senior Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation tien () eff org +1 415 436-9333 x102 (office), +1 510 501-8755 (cell) California Supreme Court Reviews Email Pamphleteer Case Lower Court Decision Threatens Internet Commerce and Speech Los Angeles - The California Supreme Court has scheduled review of a lower court ruling that companies can sue those who send unwanted email to their employees. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed an amicus brief in the Intel v. Hamidi case, arguing that the lower court distorted the "trespass to chattels" doctrine when applying it to the Internet. The California Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the Intel v. Hamidi case for 9:00 am on Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at the Ronald Reagan State Office Building, 300 South Spring Street, 3rd Floor, North Tower, Los Angeles. Each side will have 30 minutes. Justices Baxter and Chin have recused themselves. Justices Perren and Mosk of the Court of Appeal will sit in their place. For this advisory: http://www.eff.org/Cases/Intel_v_Hamidi/20030311_eff_pr.php EFF amicus brief in Intel v. Hamidi case: http://www.eff.org/Cases/Intel_v_Hamidi/20020820_eff_hamidi_amicus.html Documents related to Intel v. Hamidi case: http://www.eff.org/Cases/Intel_v_Hamidi/ Trespass to chattels analysis: http://www.eff.org/Cases/Intel_v_Hamidi/20011218_eff_trespasstc_analysis.htm l Intel v. Hamidi website: http://www.intelhamidi.com/ Former and Current Employees of Intel website: http://www.faceintel.com/ ACLU brief in Intel v. Hamidi case: http://www.aclunc.org/expression/intel-brief.html About EFF: The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most linked-to websites in the world at http://www.eff.org/ -end- ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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