IP: uit Says RealNetworks' 'RealJukeBox' Software is RealBigBrother

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: Suit Says RealNetworks' 'RealJukeBox' Software is RealBigBrother
>
>
> The Legal Intelligencer (November 10, 1999)
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> Claiming their privacy was invaded by software from an Internet music
> site that secretly gathered information about their listening habits,
> three consumers yesterday filed a class action suit in U.S. District
> Court in Philadelphia against RealNetworks Inc. The case could provide
> the first court test of the newly amended Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
> which provides a private cause of action by computer users against the
> unauthorized accessing of personal data.
>
> http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/stories/A9266-1999Nov9.html
>
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