Category Archives: Internet & Technology

Phishing and Rescue-a-Friend / Traveler Scam

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Atty. Fred| 1 Comment

Anyone who uses the internet knows, or should know by now, the trick known as phishing, which refers to ways of acquiring sensitive account access information such as passwords. It could be an email purportedly from yahoo or the administrator asking you to reconfirm and enter your username/password so the account won’t be deleted. Those who fall for it give out their account details. It could be a bank account, which would be more problematic. The account is not deleted, alright, but it falls in the scammer’s control. This is an old trick or scam. Read more »

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Live Webcaset or Video Streaming of the Maguindanao Massacre cases

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

In a first for the Philippines, the Supreme Court today provided a live webcast or video streaming in its website (sc.judiciary.gov.ph) of a pending case. The live coverage is for the “Maguindanao Massacre cases“. The SC earlier issued the guidelines applicable only (pro hac vice) to the live broadcasting by radio and television of the “Maguindanao Massacre cases“. These guidelines are (as provided in A.M. No. 10-11-5-SC, A.M. No. 10-11-6-SC and A.M. No. 10-11-7-SC): Read more »

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Brand Names as Generic Top Level Domains

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

The good news: companies who would want to further strengthen their brands could have the company or brand name as generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), which currently stands at 22 and includes .com, .net, .org, .gov, .edu, .mil, .biz, .coop, among others. That means that the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company could have .pldt, instead of pldt.com.ph, Smart with .smart instead of smart.com.ph , and Globe with .globe instead of globe.com.ph (which currently is difficult to access). Or GMA7 could have .gma instead of igma.tv and ABS-CBN could have .abs or .abscbn instead of cbs-cbnnews.com. Read more »

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Identity Theft: Jessica Soho SONA

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Atty. Fred| 3 Comments

A former law school classmate sent a text message an hour ago, referring to me as “Atty. Fred Ramos“. He recognized me in Jessica Soho’s State of the Nation (SONA) but with “Fred Ramos” as label. I haven’t changed my name. It’s still Fred Pamaos, although this is not the first time that my name is erroneously mentioned as “Fred Ramos”. Read more »

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Cybercrimes: Protecting your Social Networking Account

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Atty. Fred| 3 Comments

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) receives an average of 5 complaints relating to cybercrimes. That’s the daily average. This much I learned during our live discussion (video below) in On Call‘s pilot episode over at NewsTV Channel 11. Read more »

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Facsimile as Electronic Document under the Electronic Commerce Law

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Atty. Fred| 1 Comment

A fax or facsimile machine, while not readily embraced by everybody unlike the ubiquitous cellphone, is a routine part of transactions, especially in business. Many people are still uncomfortable in operating a fax machine. Why would one pay attention to a fax machine other than learning how to insert the paper, enter the recipient’s number and push the send button. We take it for granted. Read more »

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Internet Libel for Bloggers and Online Writers

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Atty. Fred| 4 Comments

Does the law on libel cover the internet? This issue persists because there are varied opinions and there’s no definitive ruling made by the Supreme Court. None yet, anyway, because the Supreme Court can only decide cases that reach its doors. Until that day comes, let’s continue the lively discussion on internet libel. Read more »

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Libel for Bloggers: Liability Arising from Blog Comments

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Atty. Fred| 45 Comments

We see the explosion of e-groups, blogs, message boards and other fora wherein people share facts, views and opinions in cyberspace. If we consider the huge amount of content written by and about almost everyone in the internet, it is only logical to expect the increasing number of libel cases filed against bloggers. Read more »

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Internet Sources and Legal Blogs in Court Decisions

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Atty. Fred| 5 Comments

Law blogs, referred to as “blawgs” by some, are being cited in court decisions in the U.S. (to the cyber-challenged, the term “blog” is a contraction of the words “web log”). As reflected in a collection of court cases that cite legal blogs, there are 32 citations of legal blogs from 27 different cases in the United States, with 8 legal blogs being cited (as of 6 August 2006). Read more »

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Blog Etiquette and Netiquette

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 3 Comments

A recent comment caught my attention because it was written in ALL CAPS (or everything was in capital letters). This, in internet language, is equivalent to shouting and unless this is made in the proper context, it’s definitely rude and offensive. This is just an illustration of internet etiquette that we should be mindful of.

So, for the benefit of everyone who may care about blog etiquette, let’s compile the “rules”. For this purpose, this post will be constantly updated within the week. Do drop us a line if you have an idea or two, or if you have any great reference on this subject matter.

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