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The Final Draft of Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" Law
The probably-really-almost-totally final 2016 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here! Lawyers around the world have been hunkered down, analyzing it…
Intermediary Liability
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Irish High Court Ordered ISP to Implement Graduate Response Strategy
In Sony Music & Ors v UPC Communications, the High Court of Ireland ordered the second largest Irish Internet access provider, UPC Communications, to implem…
Why Intermediary Liability Is The Most Important Question Online
Techdirt podcast with CIS Director of Intermediary Liability Daphne Keller. Podcast can also be heard at Techdirt.…
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Cyber Attacks and Civil Liability - Symposium and Call for Contributors
From my students at the University of South Carolina: Cyber Attacks and Civil Liability Call for Panelists and Papers Panelist Proposals Deadline: 12/18/1…
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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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Privacy and the Internet
"If Google rejects a request for removal of a link, the requestor can appeal to his or her country’s regulators or the courts, Keller says. “But there’s no…
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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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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…
Techdirt Podcast Episode 52: The EU Has Set Privacy & Free Speech On A Collision Course
Privacy and free speech aren't fundamentally opposed, but they do have a tendency to come into conflict — and recent developments in Europe surrounding the…
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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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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…