U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study: Comments in Response to Notice of Inquiry
Authored by Annemarie Bridy and Daphne Keller Abstract: These comments were prepared and submitted in response to the U.S. Copyright Office's December 31,…
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How RightsCon brings press freedom, technology and social change together
This week in San Francisco, CPJ's Technology and Advocacy teams will participate in RightsCon 2016, an annual conference focusing on human rights and techno…
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Review Portals Have to Verify Anonymous User Reviews, Says the German Supreme Court
In a recent decision, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany, established a case…
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German Supreme Court Upholds Blocking Orders
The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany, decided on actions against internet servi…
Digital Piracy Debunked: a Short Note on Digital Threats and Intermediary Liability
In the last two decades, the industry has deployed endlessly the rhetoric of the “digital threat” in order to demand harsher measures against digital piracy. Re…
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Trademarks as Keywords: Spanish Supreme Court finds no infringement
The Spanish Supreme Court (TS) has recently ruled on the legality of using someone else’s trademark as a keyword to trigger sponsored ads in Google Adwords. The…
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Tool Without a Handle: Tools for Terror, Tools for Peace
“Tool Without a Handle”: Tools for Terror; Tools for Peace This blog has addressed principles and challenges in countering odious online content – both conten…
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February 2016 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
February 2016 in Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2016-february/ Retrospect is a flagship publication…
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RIAA gets $22M default judgment against “brazen and egregious” MP3 website
"Cooke's order binding the domain registrars, who were not parties to the case, claims authority to do so based on the All Writs Act—the same short law…
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8 Ways To Secure Data During US-EU Privacy Fight
""We haven't seen the solution. We only heard very high-level principles by the European Commission and some data that was added by the Department…
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A New Case (of Chilling Effects?) Against DMCA Counter-Notice Senders
E. TV Networks has filed copyright infringement claims in federal district court against Google and sixteen YouTube users. The targeted users sent DMCA counter-…
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A New Case (of Chilling Effects?) Against DMCA Counter-Notice Senders
E. TV Networks has filed copyright infringement claims in federal district court against Google and sixteen YouTube users. The targeted users sent DMCA counter-…