FC: Legal update: Toiletcam decision, cybersquatting, Jailcam

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

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 (declan@wired.com)
    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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