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BMG v. Cox: The High Cost of Losing Safe Harbor
On December 1, a federal court in Virginia entered partial summary judgment for music publisher BMG in BMG Rights Management v. Cox Communications, a closely wa…
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German Supreme Court: Booking Portals Not Liable for Bogus User Reviews
Recently, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany, found that booking portals are…
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Google is moving to Moscow!
Google is moving to Moscow! Not really. But Mr. Sergey Brin, the founder of Google, was born in Moscow. How does Russia ensure that Sergey 2.0 will stay in Mosc…
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Series Conclusion and Summary: Intermediaries and Free Expression Under the GDPR, in Brief
Europe’s pending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) threatens free expression and access to information on the Internet. The threat comes from erasure r…
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The Little Girl with the Big Voice
The Little Girl with the Big Voice examines the struggles of women and children in the early 1930's and 40's through the eyes of Mary Small, a child pro…
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Intermediary Liability Implications of Proposed Brazilian Libel Law Reform
Several bills pending before the Brazilian Congress seek to institute harsher penalties for crimes against honor and reputation when perpetrated through social…
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Free Expression Gaps in the General Data Protection Regulation
This is one of a series of posts about the pending EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and its consequences for intermediaries and user speech online.…
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Thinking About ISIS And Its Cyber Capabilities: Somewhere Between Blue Skies and Falling Ones
In light of the recent major terrorist attacks - both the siege in Paris and the downing of a Russian airliner on the Sinai Peninsula – concerns about ISIS and…
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German Federal Supreme Court Accepts Website Blocking Injunctions
This article is cross-posted with author's personal blog. On Thursday, the German Federal Supreme Court issued a press release informing that it has decide…
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People Like You
Cross-posted from Yale Journal of Law & Technology. For more than a decade, the policy debates around informational privacy have focused on the fickle noti…
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A User-Focused Commentary on the TPP’s ISP Safe Harbors
This article is part of an IP-Watch and Infojustice.org series analyzing the Trans Pacific Partnership intellectual property provisions by leading experts aroun…
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New Professors' Letter Opposing The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015
As CIS readers may recall, I've been very concerned about the problems associated with the proposed Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). Ostensibly designed to…