Topic
File Sharing
70 published works
Knovos Blog
The Visibility Gap: Why Governed File Sharing for Legal Teams Is Replacing Ad Hoc Collaboration
By Knovos
Convenience rarely appears on a legal risk register. Yet it can shape where confidential files are stored, how many copies exist, who retains access, and whether the document history can…
Michael Geist
Federal Court Short-Circuits Voltage Pictures’ Canadian File Sharing Class Action Copyright Lawsuit Strategy
The Federal Court of Canada has strongly rejected an attempt by Voltage Pictures, one of Canada’s most litigious copyright companies, to use a reverse class action lawsuit approach to sue…
Your IT Consultant
New Method to Share Files with Dropbox
By John Simek
Several months ago, Dropbox introduced a new feature to share files. For years, when you shared a file, every edit to the file was synchronized across all shared copies. In…
Supreme Court Update
McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU of Kentucky (03-1693), Van Orden v. Perry (03-1500) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster (04-480)
Greetings, Court fans! The Court released all of its remaining opinions today, leaving us with some real blockbusters. We'll address the Ten Commandment cases and Grokster (the file-sharing case) now…
LawSites
Thomson Reuters Acquires Legal Collaboration Platform HighQ
By Bob Ambrogi
Thomson Reuters said today that it has acquired HighQ, a London-based enterprise collaboration and file-sharing platform for the legal industry. HighQ has more than 400 customers, including more than half…
LawSites
Legaltech Acquisition: One Collaboration and File-Sharing Platform Acquires Another
By Bob Ambrogi
Two companies that specialize in secure, mobile enterprise collaboration and file sharing for the legal industry are now one, as London-based HighQ today announced its acquisition of Legal Anywhere, a…
Global Media and Communications Watch
V-log: Secondary liability & file-sharing the blame
By lvgerlach
In this IP Enforcement Focus v-log, we report on a recent decision of the German Supreme Court dealing with illegal file sharing which has received a lot of attention. The case…
Troll Defense
“Mr. Church” Troll Suits Get Cookin’ In North Carolina
Scores of BitTorrent lawsuits were filed by Cook Productions, LLC in the Eastern and Middle Districts of the North Carolina U.S. District Courts. Cook Productions holds copyrights in the recently…
Troll Defense
Two New Millennium Titles Launch BitTorrent Suits in Oregon (UPDATED 2/1/17)
Two film production companies affiliated with Nu Image/Millennium Films have filed BitTorrent copyright infringement suits in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon,, continuing the status of the Oregon District…
Technology Law Dispatch
German Federal Supreme Court confirms its previous positions on liability for copyright infringements within file sharing networks | At the same time, the German Federal Government announces to release professional Wi-Fi network operators from liability
By Dr. Alexander Hardinghaus, Dr. Philipp Süss, Dr. Thomas Fischl
On 12 May 2016, the German Federal Supreme Court (“FSC”; Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) made several judgments, confirming and developing its settled case law on the liability of a subscriber of an…