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European Court rules on Internet jurisdiction

Where do things happen online? This is the eternal question of Internet regulation. While we like to think of the Internet as a global medium, increasingly we are faced with a regulatory clampdown and real-world solutions to online incidents. The latest decision dealing with online jurisdiction comes in the shape Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 years ago
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European Court of Human Rights revisits once more intermediary liability

The European Court oh Human Rights (ECtHR) has tackled again the tricky subject of intermediary liability in the case of Rolf Anders Daniel Pihl v. Sweden. This follows two controversial previous decisions in Delfi v Estonia and MTE v Hungary. The case began on September 2011 when a blog post Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 years4 years ago
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European Court revisits resale of software

Can you re-sell software that you have purchased legitimately? Most people would say that it is definitely possible, you bought it after all, but things get a bit complicated when you explain the legal specifics of the question. When you buy software you are purchasing a licence, a limited permission Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 years4 years ago
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European Court rules on open wifi

The Court of Justice of the European Union has made a troubling ruling regarding open wifi spots in the case of McFadden v Sony Music (C-484/14). This just following the also problematic case of GS Media makes it a rather bad week for balance in copyright. The case involves Tobias Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 years ago
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Australian court rules that Google is liable for defamatory links

Whenever I feel like criticising the European intermediary liability system, I look at Australia and any negativity quickly passes away. It has long been commented that while the USA, Europe, and many other countries have limitation of liability regimes in place, Australia seems to have managed to bypass most legislative Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 5 years5 years ago
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High Court takes second step in making it illegal to rip CDs

Last month we reported about a decision by the High Court of Justice that declared that a new law making it legal to make private copies of media you own contravened EU copyright law. As the decision was part of a judicial review procedure, and the judge asked the parties Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years6 years ago
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High Court declares that emergency surveillance legislation is unlawful

The High Court of Justice has declared s1 of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 to be unlawful and contrary to European Law. The article in question is part of emergency surveillance legislation enacted last year by the coalition government. The Court was responding to a judicial review Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years6 years ago
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European Court of Human Rights holds news portal liable for user comments

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dealt a blow to existing intermediary liability rules in Europe in the case of Delfi v Estonia.  The decision of the Grand Chamber reaffirms an earlier decision by the first section of the court. For years we have had a system of Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years6 years ago
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European Court decides about linking to infringing materials (or does it?)

It has been often remarked in these pages that we seem to be going back in time when it comes to copyright case law. In particular, the fact that the Court of Justice of the European Union continues to decide cases about linking seems to me to be a baffling Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years ago
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UK Court of Appeal confirms tort of privacy in Google v Vidal-Hall

As we reported last year, an English court recognised the existence of a tort of privacy (more accurately, the tort of misuse of private information) in the case of Vidal-Hall v Google. The case involved a group of Google users who sued the search engine alleging that it had misused Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 years6 years ago

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