The Cambridge University Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law is holding its Spring Conference on the subject of “Intermediary Liability and Responsibility” on Saturday 10 March 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
Data Protection and Intermediary liability: how do the French do it? – Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
24 04 2017While the scope of intermediary liability exemptions is being discussed in several places around Europe (and beyond), it is interesting to go back to the Overblog legal saga, which a few years ago had been described by some as pre-announcing other popular sagas, such as the infamous Google Spain case (discussed in a previous post here). Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, France
The GDPR, the proposed Copyright Directive and intermediary liability: one more time! – Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
16 03 2017A lot has been written on the topic of intermediary liability in the past few months. But has everything been said or read? And looking at the different pieces of the regulatory jigsaw together, are we heading in the right direction? Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, EU
Liability and responsibility: new challenges for Internet intermediaries – Monica Horten
23 10 2016How might policy-makers address demands for removal or policing of Internet content? Starting in the spring of 2016, a suite of proposals has emerged from the European Commission regarding Internet intermediaries and liability for content. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Intermediary Liability, Monica Horten
Categories : Freedom of expression, Government and Policy
Ireland: Internet defamation and the liability of intermediaries (Muwema v Facebook Part 1) – Eoin O’Dell
28 09 2016The liability of internet intermediaries for defamatory posts on their platforms was central to the decision of Binchy J in Muwema v Facebook Ireland Ltd [2016] IEHC 519 (23 August 2016). A Ugandan lawyer objected to allegedly defamatory posts on a pseudonymous Facebook account, and Binchy J gave an order requiring Facebook to identify the account-holder. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Cearta.ie, Eoin O'Dell, Intermediary Liability, Internet
Categories : Ireland, Libel