""Banning any particular person, group or country is just bad policy - in other parts of the world, platforms will come to be viewed as a tool of U.S.…
This article discusses the proposed introduction in EU law of an obligation for hosting providers to conclude licencing agreements with copyright holders and en…
As you might have noticed, there is a lot of activism on the copyright/intermediary liability side in Europe at the moment. Hence, I'm here announcing anoth…
The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) has just published a position paper, which I have co-authored with Christophe Geiger and Olek…
"“Lawyers should be emphatically paying attention,” said Andrew Bridges, who represents tech firms in copyright disputes at Fenwick & West. “I think th…
This is my third and most intemperate blog post about the European Commission’s recent Communication on platforms and illegal content. The first two point out s…
This is the second of three posts about the Commission's Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Online. Post One addresses problems with relying on count…
This is the first of three posts about the Commission's Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Online. Post Two addresses problems with relying on filter…
In imposing a strict liability regime for alleged copyright infringement occurring on YouTube, Justice Salomão of the Brazilian Superior Tribunal de Justiça sta…
"Omer Tene, vice-president of research and education at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, agreed the review needs to look at how Priv…
Most observers cheered when the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer was booted from YouTube, CloudFlare, and other platforms around the Internet. At the same time, the site’…
"As an outside technology adviser to Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Scott has first-hand knowledge of how digital falsehoods can…