Monthly Archives: May 2016

Copyright Office 512 Roundtable: Technological Strategies and Solutions

Posted on May 3, 2016 by rtushnet

  Official description: Infringement monitoring tools and services; automated sending of notices, including notice parameters; automated processing of notices; role of human review; identification of works through fingerprinting, hash identifiers, and other technologies; filtering, including “staydown” capabilities; fair use considerations; … Continue reading →

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Seen on the way to the Copyright Office hearings

Posted on May 3, 2016 by rtushnet

Check out the “O” in the Chinatown mural, to the right.  After the Hangover II case, does LV have a cause of action? from Blogger http://ift.tt/1SKzFPd

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Copyright Office 512 Roundtable: Scope and Impact of Safe Harbors

Posted on May 3, 2016 by rtushnet

Scope and Impact of Safe Harbors   Official description: Scope of entities and activities covered by safe harbors; incentives (and disincentives) for creators, copyright owners, online providers, investors, and users; impact on licensing activities; effectiveness of remedies, including ability to … Continue reading →

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Copyright Office 512 Roundtable: Applicable Legal Standards

Posted on May 3, 2016 by rtushnet

Applicable Legal Standards   Official description: Actual and “red flag” knowledge requirements; financial benefit/right to control test; willful blindness; repeat infringers; good-faith requirements and Lenz; misrepresentation; fair use; use of representative lists; availability of injunctive relief; use of subpoenas; role … Continue reading →

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Copyright Office 512 Roundtable: Service provider response

Posted on May 2, 2016 by rtushnet

Session 2: Notice-and-Takedown Process—Service Provider Response and Counter-Notifications   Official description: Handling of and response to notices, including timing and notices from high-volume senders; sending and handling of counter-notifications; volume of notices and counter-notifications; costs and burdens on large- and … Continue reading →

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Copyright Office 512 Roundtable: Notice and Takedown

Posted on May 2, 2016 by rtushnet

A couple of introductory thoughts: There are over 20 panelists per hour and a half panel.  The math on that is not good in terms of substantive contributions, even if no one rolls out their talking points at all in … Continue reading →

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FESC: Choosing between approaches to 1A interpretation

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Andrew Tutt   Choosing Between Approaches to First Amendment Interpretation  Discussant: Vince Blasi   Fundamental questions of the options in interpretive methodology and criteria for choosing among them.  Main takeaway: values, assessing and implementing them, have no place in interpretation of … Continue reading →

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FESC: Regulation by Internet Intermediaries

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Regulation by Internet Intermediaries Moderator: Jack Balkin Emma Llanso & Rita Cant     “Internet Referral Units”: Co-Option of Private Content Moderation Systems for Extralegal Government Censorship Kate Klonick, discussant: Most UGC platforms have content standards to which users agree.  Impermissible nudity, … Continue reading →

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FESC: Sex offenders and anonymous speech

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

David Post & Annemarie Bridy         Sex Offenders, Anonymous Internet Speech, and the Constitution  Discussant: Jonathan Hafetz: Anonymity doctrine v. federal/state sex offender notification acts, which impose identity disclosure requirements on sex offenders. Over 800,000 people, a quarter of whom were … Continue reading →

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FESC: The Supreme Court of Sign Review: Reed and Its Aftermath

Posted on May 1, 2016 by rtushnet

Urja Mittal      The Supreme Board of Sign Review: Reed and its Aftermath            Discussant: Enrique Armijo   Armijo says “reaffirmed” and Mittal says “redefined” 1A doctrine.  Facial question of whether the gov’t regulation is content-based; purpose has no role in that … Continue reading →

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