Archive for the ‘People’ Category

Sylvia Browne

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

A man named Robert Lancaster created a site called Stop Sylvia Brown, which makes a case for Sylvia not being a "true psychic medium". Whether she is or not, Mr. Lancaster has every right to express his opinion. Sylvia and her lawyers disagreed. They demanded that she stop using her trademark, ...

Washingtonienne

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

In 2004, a Senate aide named Jessica Cutler kept a very explicit blog titled "Washingtonienne", in which she detailed her sexual escapades. One of those men listed on the blogs was another aide named Robert Steinbuch, and he was quite upset to find that kind of information on her site. In ...

FedEx

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

A guy with no money started making furniture out of FedEx boxes, all of which were given away for free and obtained legally. FedEx decided to go after him. They weren't concerned about the use of the boxes, but the fact that he posted photos of his new furniture. Just to ...

Cisco Systems

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Internet Security Systems research analyst Michael Lynn was scheduled to speak at the 2005 Black Hat conference about a flaw in Cisco's routers that was a major security threat. Just before he was to speak, Cisco threatened him with legal action and his company decided not to give the presentation. He promptly ...