Jailed Francis takes legal case online
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Joe Francis, founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video empire, has engineered an ad campaign to call attention to his legal woes, which began in Panama City Beach in 2003 and now have him in a Nevada jail cell.
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Judge halts guilty plea by ex-AOL employee who sold e-mail addresses, questions new anti-spam law. NEW YORK  - A federal judge has refused to accept a guilty plea from a former America Online employee
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Disgraced press baron files formal request for trial judge to overturn convictions.
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One of America's most wanted fugitives, accused of raping his daughter and posting the video on the Internet, has contested a U.S. extradition request, his lawyer said on Thursday after a court appearance in Hong Kong.
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Though communications protections exist, the law is fuzzy regarding internet and e-mail activity. Watch out for the legalization of digital mind readers tracing internet users' thoughts and interests, and trampling privacy rights in the process.
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AN academic who went on the run after he was caught with the largest collection of child pornography in County Durham's history has finally faced justice.
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(InfoWorld) - A Utah man who brought down the wireless Internet services offered by a former employer has been sentenced to two years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday. Ryan Fisher, 24, of Vernal, Utah, caused 170 customers of SBT Internet and another carrier to lose their wireless Internet connections for up to three weeks, the DOJ said. One customer was relying on e-mail for news of an organ donor, the DOJ said. Judge Paul G. Cassell of the U.S. District Court for Utah also sentenced Fisher to three years of probation on the charge of intentionally damaging a protected computer. Fisher, a former employee of SBT, must also pay $65,000 in restitution, the DOJ said. Fisher was charged on Feb. 16. SBT provides wireless Internet service to residential and business customers around Vernal. Fisher left SBT over business and financial disputes and went on to work for, and eventually own, another Internet service provider in the area. Fisher then used SBTâs computer passwords to take control of SBTâs network and reprogram its customersâ wireless access points to cut off their Internet service, the DOJ said. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the crime.
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By ANNIE FLANZRAICH SEATTLE - A man accused of defrauding people through tens of millions of spam e-mail messages sent around the world was denied bail Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge James P.
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Said the accused violated the &quot;CAN-SPAM&quot; federal law requiring e-mail containing sexually explicit images to be clearly identified.
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By Josh Richman  A San Pablo man who broadcast child pornography over the Internet and tried to meet a woman whom he believed would let him have sex with a 9-year-old child was sentenced Friday to six and a half years in federal prison.
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In the digital age, there are few black-and-white rules. Rather, we live in an era of gray when it comes to technology and the law.  A federal case that was recently dismissed before it reached trial is the latest example.
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Lawyers filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a blogger who was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt's president.
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The man convicted of killing Southern Californiaâs Ryan Francis was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. Louisiana District Judge Richard Moore III also sentenced the killer, 20-year-old DeAnthony Ford, to 10 years for aggravated battery in a shooting two days before the one that killed Francis.Francis, 19, was in Baton Rouge visiting his mother when he was shot and killed while riding in a car on May 13, 2006. Francis was the starting point guard for U.S.C. his freshman year.
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Bloggers have helped to force a fresh trial in a case which saw a teacher accused of letting pupils see porn.
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Musician intends to win back control of his copyright on the Web.
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By Tammy Alhadef, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 7--TRINIDAD -  Amigo.Net has forged a deal to offer free Internet service to the local police and sheriff's departments in exchange for room in the Filbert Garcia Justice Center for the company's Trinidad area Internet hub.
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Vigilante hacker claims scalp after six year legal wrangle A former senior judge from California has been jailed for 27 months for possession of child pornography in a case initially based on evidence from a vigilante hacker.â¦