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News of the Week; March 21, 2018
DIGITAL Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, explained: Trump operatives got private data from 50 million Facebook users. Canada’s privacy watchdog launches investigation into Facebook after allegations of data leak: ‘If true, the allegations raise a major challenge for privacy rights,’ says Daniel Therrien Both Facebook And Cambridge Analytica Threatened To Sue Journalists Over Stories On CA’s […]
News of the Week; March 14, 2018
DIGITAL Back to B.C.: Court Re-examines Google Takedown Order In Light of U.S. Ruling (Michael Geist) College Athletes Appeal to Seventh Circuit Against FanDuel’s and DraftKings’ Use of Images How Isis And Russia Won Friends And Manufactured Crowds: The Islamic State built a global brand using the power of social media. Now, Russia is following […]
News of the Week; March 7, 2018
DIGITAL In US v. Microsoft, A Decades-Old Law Leaves Few Good Options Is Trump’s Twitter behavior constitutional? A court will decide. Clarifying Outer Bounds of Copyright Fair Use, Second Circuit Finds Video Monitoring Service Infringing Do Memes Infringe Copyright? (Andres Guadamuz) Protecting human rights online: new guidelines on internet intermediaries (Council of Europe) China Briefly […]
News of the Week; February 28, 2018
DIGITAL How a fight over Star Wars download codes could reshape copyright law: Legal scholar says Redbox’s win over Disney is an “atomic bomb of a finding.” Disney Enterprises, Inc.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.; Lucasfilm Ltd., LLC, MVl Film Finance LLC, Plaintiff, v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC Disney’s Stupid Lawsuit Against Redbox Results In Judge Saying […]
News of the Week; February 21, 2018
DIGITAL Instagram, YouTube Face Full Block In Russia After Billionaire Wins A Privacy Lawsuit Over Pictures With An Alleged Escort OCA upholds $700,000 award in internet defamation case Playboy says linking to Playmate archive violates copyright; judge says no way: Boing Boing linked to an Imgur-hosted archive that has since been taken down. Scraping Is OK, […]
News of the Week; February 14, 2018
DIGITAL Supreme Court backs CBC against bid to ‘unpublish’ internet story Canada: Removing Offending Content From The Internet Just Became Harder Kobo decision gives clarity to bureau’s reach Copyright in the Digital Age: Cisco v. Arista and the Scènes à Faire Doctrine Trudeau to Facebook: Fix your fake news problem or face stricter regulations – […]
News of the Week; February 7, 2018
DIGITAL As Outlets Like Russia Today Influence Viewers, YouTube Will Add Notices To State-Sponsored Content YouTube will put disclaimers on state-funded broadcasts to fight propaganda: In efforts to educate viewers on where their news comes from. Appeals court: Twitter can’t be sued for “material support” of terrorism – 9th Circuit – “We conclude that Twitter […]
News of the Week; January 31, 2018
DIGITAL The Dutch were a secret U.S. ally in war against Russian hackers, local media reveal Candid camera: Dutch hacked Russians hacking DNC, including security cameras – AIVD shared data on “Cozy Bear” with US, helping thwart 2014 State Department hack. Mueller’s Team Has Interviewed Facebook Staff As Part Of Russia Probe Tinder must stop […]
News of the Week; January 24, 2018
DIGITAL Canadian Court Asserts Jurisdiction over Craigslist Based on Cloud-Based Virtual Presence in Canada Free Internet-Service Contracts Caught up by Consumer Protection Legislation in Quebec Appeals Court Says Accessing Data In A Way The Host Doesn’t Like Doesn’t Violate Computer Crime Laws DMCA Counternotification Doesn’t Create Personal Jurisdiction in Copyright Owner’s Home Court–Real v. Matteo […]
News of the Week; January 18, 2018
DIGITAL Québec Court of Appeal confirms application of French language requirements for websites Search Engines Aren’t Liable for Indexing ‘Scam’ Locksmith Listings–Baldino’s Lock v. Google (Eric Goldman) A Patent For Geotagging IP Packets Raises Important Internet Law Questions Hawaii Alert System Accidentally Warns of Imminent ‘BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT’ [Updated] The interface to send out a […]