Internet Governance / Social Media https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/netchoice-paxton-first-amendment-social-media-content-moderation Trade Dress / Copyright https://evan.law/2022/09/27/company-successfully-defends-against-trade-dress-and-copyright-infringement-claims-over-online-software-tool/ Discussion of Hachette v. Internet Archive https://www.llrx.com/2022/09/fenced-off-culture-the-privatized-internet-internet-archive/
Category: Copyright
Links for Week of September 23, 2022
Privacy https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/18/phone-data-privacy-customs/ https://gizmodo.com/ncis-whistleblower-military-data-broker-cymru-wyden-1849564984 Copyright https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/09/a-3-month-check-in-on-the-copyright-claims-board-ccb.htm Social Media https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/florida-to-supreme-court-let-us-regulate-social-networks-as-common-carriers/
Links for Week of September 2, 2022
Privacy https://www.llrx.com/2022/08/new-us-data-privacy-bill-aims-to-give-you-more-control-over-information-collected-about-you/ Service of Process https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/crypto-firm-tries-to-seize-luxury-home-after-accidentally-sending-sisters-10m/ Copyright https://www.technollama.co.uk/do-bored-apes-have-a-copyright-problem Social Media https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/real-money-fake-musicians-a-million-dollar-instagram-verification-scheme/
Links for Week of August 12, 2022
Internet Governance https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/fcc-rejects-starlinks-886-million-grant-says-spacex-proposal-too-risky/#p3 Social Media https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/08/who-owns-a-disputed-social-media-account-jlm-v-gutman.htm Stored Communications Act https://evan.law/2022/08/08/can-a-company-snoop-on-its-employees-personal-email-account/ Antitrust https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/big-tech-just-got-one-step-closer-to-squashing-key-us-antitrust-bill/ Copyright https://gizmodo.com/cory-doctorow-copyright-laws-tech-antitrust-1849376858 Privacy https://iapp.org/news/a/ftc-commences-privacy-rulemaking-initiative/
Links for August 5, 2022
Here are the links of interest for the week of August 5, 2022: General https://www.theverge.com/23220147/work-from-home-lessons-wfh Internet https://decrypt.co/106590/multiple-wallets-including-sol-and-usdc-drained-in-unfolding-attack https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/starlink-still-trying-to-get-886m-in-fcc-funds-awarded-by-ajit-pai-in-2020/#p3 Copyright https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/music-labels-settle-copyright-dispute-with-bright-house-eve-trial-2022-08-02/ https://mashable.com/article/copyright-usage-protections
Links for week of July 29, 2022
Here are the links of interest for this week, broken down by general topic: Internet https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/russia-is-quietly-ramping-up-its-internet-censorship-machine/ Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/07/apples-lockdown-mode-2.html Trademark & Copyright https://scoutingwire.org/girl-scouts-of-the-united-states-of-america-gsusa-and-boy-scouts-of-america-bsa-have-entered-into-an-agreement-to-end-trademark-infringement-litigation/ https://circleid.com/posts/20220726-calculating-the-return-on-investment-of-online-brand-protection-projects https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/07/the-ninth-circuit-reaffirms-the-discovery-rule-for-the-copyright-acts-statute-of-limitations-starz-v-mgm-guest-blog-post.htm https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2022/07/the-copyright-claims-board-is-here-find-out-if-its-right-for-you/
Links of Note – April 22 2016
Here are this week’s links from Twitter (@Cyberlaw): Supreme Court denies cert in Authors Guild v. Google. https://t.co/zrV7sYy7Lk #fatladysings — James Grimmelmann (@grimmelm) April 18, 2016 An analysis of the Burr-Feinstein anti-Encryption bill pending in congress by @iainthomson at The Register – https://t.co/D5ktujGKSw — Kevin Thompson (@cyberlaw) April 14, 2016 Nice article by @gigalaw via…
Supreme Court denies cert in Google Books case
I’ve been following the Google Books case since it was first filed in 2005; its long history ends with the Supreme Court denying cert today. This leaves stand the 2nd Circuit’s decision that the copying was fair use. This feels like a fair result for fair use.
Google to remove “Revenge Porn” from Search Results
I’m glad to see that Google is removing “Revenge Porn” from its search results. It won’t remove the images from the websites themselves, of course, but it should help to remove some of the angst that victims of this crime suffer. One of my most common calls and inquiries come from people trying to find…
TWIL 194 – “When Laws Get Weird”
I was pleased to be a guest on This Week In Law last week, Episode #194, entitled “When Laws Get Weird.” Special thanks to Denise Howell, Evan Brown, and Lisa Borodkin for a great discussion on Aaron Swartz, Internet defamation, editorial independence, and more.