Freedman v. America Online, Inc.

4 Citing briefs

  1. Hubbard v. MySpace, Inc.

    MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 9 MOTION to Dismiss the Amended Complaint.. Document

    Filed March 2, 2011

    Indeed, the only occasion on which a court ever has refused to dismiss SCA-based claims against a provider for responding to a law enforcement request involved a faxed document from out of state which law enforcement officers portrayed as a warrant, but which had a blank line where the judge’s signature should have been, and which, in fact, had not actually been approved by a judge. See Freedman v. Am. Online, Inc., 412 F. Supp. 2d 174, 180 (D. Conn. 2005). There, and only there, the court proposed to let the trier of fact decide whether AOL should have noticed the blank line.

  2. "In Re: Facebook Privacy Litigation"

    MOTION to Dismiss Consolidated Class Action Complaint

    Filed January 10, 2011

    See id. § 2703(c)(2); see also U.S. v. Kennedy, 81 F. Supp. 2d 1103, 1107-09 (D. Kan. 2000) (applying § 2703(c) to Internet subscriber account information, including name, e- mail address, and membership history); Freedman v. America Online, Inc., 412 F. Supp. 2d 174, 181 (D. Conn. 2005) (noting for Fourth Amendment purposes courts have “universally” held there is a distinction between “the content of electronic communications, which [are] protected, and non-content information, including a subscriber’s screen name and corresponding identity, which [are] not”). Under the express provisions of § 2702(c)(6), Facebook may disclose such “records” to “any person other than a governmental entity,” including a third-party advertiser.

  3. Xiaoning et al v. Yahoo! Inc, et al

    MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint

    Filed August 27, 2007

    While section 2702(a) generally prohibits an electronic-communication-services provider from divulging records or information pertaining to subscribers, the statute permits disclosure “to any person other than a governmental entity.” 18 U.S.C. § 2702(c)(6); Freedman v. America Online, Inc., 412 F. Supp. 2d 174, 183 (D. Conn. 2005) (ECPA “permits an ISP to voluntarily divulge a subscriber’s customer information to any person other than a governmental entity”); United States v. Hambrick, 55 F. Supp. 2d 504, 507 (W.D. Va. 1999) (“ISPs are free to turn stored data and transactional records over to nongovernmental entities”). The PRC is not a “governmental entity” for purposes of ECPA, because ECPA defines the term as “a department or agency of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.”

  4. Hubbard v. MySpace, Inc.

    MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 3 MOTION to Dismiss.. Document

    Filed February 11, 2011

    lec. Co., 101 F.3d 263 (2d Cir. 1996) ....................................................................10 Columbia Pictures, Inc. v. Bunnell, 245 F.R.D. 443 (C.D. Cal. 2007)............................................7 Druyan v. Jagger, 508 F. Supp. 2d 228 (S.D.N.Y. 2007) .............................................................15 Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938) .............................................................................18 Fasolino Foods Co., Inc. v. Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, 961 F.2d 1052 (2d Cir. 1992)............15 First Nat’l Bank & Trust Co. v. Nat’l Credit Union Admin., 90 F.3d 525 (D.C. Cir. 1996)...........6 First Nationwide Bank v. Gelt Funding Corp., 27 F.3d 763 (2d Cir. 1994)..................................10 Fraser v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 352 F.3d 107 (3d Cir. 2003) ..................................................7 Freedman v. Am. Online, Inc., 325 F. Supp. 2d 638 (E.D. Va. 2004)...........................................12 Freedman v. Am. Online, Inc., 412 F. Supp. 2d 174 (D. Conn. 2005) ..........................................12 Hall v. Earthlink Network, Inc., 396 F.3d 500 (2d Cir. 2005).........................................................7 Harris v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., 310 F.3d 73 (2d Cir. 2002) ...................................15 Howell v. N.Y. Post Co., 81 N.Y.2d 115, 612 N.E.2d 699 (N.Y. 1993) ........................................18 ICD Holdings S.A. v. Frankel, 976 F. Supp. 234 (S.D.N.Y. 1997) ...............................................15 In re Am. Bank Note Holographics, Inc. Sec. Litig., 93 F. Supp. 2d 424 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)...........10 In re Application of U.S. for an Order Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 2703(d), 157 F. Supp. 2d 286 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)........................................................................................9 In re Search of Yahoo, Inc., No. 07-3194-MB, 2007 WL 1539971 (D. Ariz. May 21, 2007) ...........................................................................11 Jayne v. Sprint PCS, No. CIV S-07-2