Now, Anyone Can Buy a Drone. Heaven Help Us.
Date published: November 26, 2014New York Times"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who studies drones, said the troublemaking should come as no surprise. “It would be the rare...
View ArticleEU Data Protection Authority Adopts Guidelines on the Implementation of the...
On November 26, 2014, the European data protection authorities (DPAs) assembled in the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) adopted guidelines on the implementation of the judgment of the European Court of...
View ArticleWe need to be pragmatic about the principle of net neutrality
Date published: November 29, 2014The Guardian"Net neutrality created what the Stanford scholar Barbara van Schewick calls “an architecture for permissionless innovation”."Read more » about We need to...
View Article21st century Facebook case results in 19th century Supreme Court arguments
Date published: December 1, 2014AL.com""There's a common misconception that all speech is equally protected by the First Amendment," Hartzog said. "That's simply not true. As a matter of fact, there is...
View ArticleFrance: DailyMotion Pays Damages for Late Removal of Infringing Materials
Recently, the Paris Court of Appeals handed down a decision awarding €1.3M in damages to the French commercial TV broadcaster TF1 against DailyMotion, which failed its duty of promptly removing...
View ArticleFrench High Court Orders to Block The Pirate Bay
A few days ago, France joined the list of countries blocking access to The Pirate Bay. The High Court of Paris ordered ISPs to “implement all necessary measures to prevent access from the French...
View ArticleCongress quietly expands surveillance (again)
As Congress winds down for the holidays, it delivers yet another lump of coal for the American people. Contained in the 2015 Intelligence Authorization Act is a provision quietly inserted by the US...
View ArticleLaunching CollabMark Project to Hack Trademarks for Free Culture.
Today, we launched CollabMark— a project to provide information about how open source and free culture communities can use trademarks. Read more » about Launching CollabMark Project to Hack Trademarks...
View ArticleNovember 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the...
November 2014 in Retrospect is available here:http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2014-novemberRead more » about November 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More...
View ArticleIntellectual privacy vital to life in the digital age
Date published: February 3, 2015"In our increasingly digital world, the balance between privacy and free speech is tenuous, at best. But we often overlook the important ways in which privacy is...
View ArticleHarris Touts Conviction in First-of-its-Kind Revenge-Porn Case
Date published: February 3, 2015"It's unclear whether Bolleart was seeking protection under Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act, which offers liability in some cases to "interactive...
View ArticleRobotics-law expert Ryan Calo weighs in on drone regulations -- and 'drunk...
Date published: February 3, 2015"I worry ... that there isn't the expertise in government to deal with robotics, whether it's drones or driverless cars. - Ryan Calo, University of Washington law...
View ArticleAGCOM Regulation Challenged before the Italian Constitutional Court: an Update
As we reported here, the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio (TAR Lazio) referred the question of constitutionality of the AGCOM Regulation regarding Online Copyright Enforcement (AGCOM...
View ArticleSpanish Court Criminalizes Linking to Copyright Infringing Materials and...
As we reported a few days ago, the recent Spanish copyright reform granted enhanced powers to the Spanish Copyright Commission to target websites providing links to infringing works in a purposeful and...
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Faculty on Point | Barbara van Schewick on Network Neutrality
Professor Barbara van Schewick explains why meaningful network neutrality rules are critical to the future of the U.S. economy.Learn more about Barbara and her scholarship at:...
View ArticleMen, Fathers, and Work-Family Balance
Author(s): Emily BaxterPublication Date: February 4, 2015Publication Type: Other WritingUniversity of Oregon Sociologist Scott Coltrane and colleagues correctly stated that there is a “mismatch between...
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The dangers of being a woman online
A growing number of female writers and journalists are being subjected to intense harassment online, often in response to seemingly mundane posts or articles. Even women who aren't professional writers...
View Article2015 Santa Clara Journal of International Law Symposium
The 2015 Santa Clara Journal of International Law presents“Critical Global Business Issues: When Theory Meets Practice”Hosted by Santa Clara Law, the Santa Clara Journal of International Law, and the...
View ArticleFCC Chief Announces Big Win For Net Neutrality Advocates
Date published: February 4, 2015""I've gotten messages from people in the start-up community where they're pinching themselves to make sure it's real, they're really pumped," said Marvin Ammori, a...
View ArticleHarris Touts Conviction in First-of-its-Kind Revenge-Porn Case
Date published: February 3, 2015"It's unclear whether Bolleart was seeking protection under Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act, which offers liability in some cases to "interactive...
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