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isp liability
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Rural Spectrum Scanner
Supreme Court Limits ISP Liability for Subscribers’ Music Piracy
In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Cox Communications, Inc. (Cox) was not liable for contributory copyright infringement for providing internet service to subscribers who were known…
Tech Law Blog
Court of Appeal confirms jurisdiction to order ISPs to take action against copyright infringement
On 28th July 2016, the Irish Court of Appeal, in Sony Music Entertainment (Ireland) Ltd. & Ors v UPC Communications Ireland Ltd. [2016] IECA 231, confirmed that national courts have…
Global Media and Communications Watch
The Court of Appeal of Milan rules on Yahoo’s liability with respect to copyright infringement
By Marco Berliri, Giulia Mariuz
In January 2015 the Court of Appeal of Milan issued a landmark decision on ISPs' liability in relation to video-sharing platforms, which might finally settle the current case law in…
Media Law Prof Blog
ISP Liability For User-Generated Content: A Survey of the Law 2013
Catherine R. Gellis, Digital Age Defense, has published 2013 State of the Law Regarding Internet Intermediary Liability for User-Generated Content. Here is the abstract.Summary of recent case law and legislative…
Media Law Prof Blog
The ECtHR and ISP Liability For Third Party Comments
Martin Husovec, International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation, has published ECtHR Rules on Liability of ISPs as a Restriction of Freedom of Speech, in volume 9 of…
Media Law Prof Blog
ECJ Hands Down Important ISP Liability Ruling
The European Court of Justice has ruled that member state internet service providers are not required to police their users' activity proactively in order to make certain that those users do…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
CJEU decision in SABAM -v- Scarlet
DLA PIPER IPT ALERT By Ruth Hoy and Patrick Van Eecke As was the case in Newzbin 2, a national court, in deciding whether to order an ISP to implement technical measures…
The Trademark Blog
Wolk v Photobucket: “Shoulda Known” Argument Fails To Remove DMCA Protection
The works of plaintiff were uploaded without authorization to the Photobucket service. When plaintiff sent a DMCA-compliant notice, Photobucket removed the material. Plaintiff apparently got tired of sending DMCA notices…
Media Law Prof Blog
ISP Liability In the Spanish Legal Regime
Miquel Peguera, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, has published Internet Service Providers’ Liability in Spain: Recent Case Law and Future Perspectives, at 1 Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology, and E-Commerce…
China Law Blog
ISP Liability for Infringing Content: Blogger Beware
Chinese ISPs (Internet Service Providers) are often criticized for removing content from their sites that anyone suggests may be defamatory or violate some other party's intellectual property rights. This criticism…