by Hilary Soloff | Oct 19, 2015 | Commentary |
While the United States’ developing conception of privacy and ownership of personal data centers around the notion of free markets and consumer protection, the European Union has long established a stringent conception of data privacy both as a human right and...
by Samuel Jacobs | Oct 15, 2015 | Commentary |
Last month, the Ninth Circuit delivered its long awaited opinion in Lenz v. Universal Music, which determined whether a copyright owner must consider fair use before sending a takedown notice to a service provider, such a YouTube, pursuant to the Digital Millennium...
by Stephen Handlon | Oct 12, 2015 | Commentary |
This past spring, Italian fashion designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce (think Dolce & Gabbana) took heat for comments they made about IVF, triggering a backlash from Elton John, celebrities, and indignant social media users. Dolce was quoted in a magazine...
by Jennifer Pinsof | Oct 8, 2015 | Commentary |
Today’s worldwide digital revolution poses unique challenges to the legal community. As new technologies continually develop and permeate every aspect of daily life, rules and regulations governing human conduct quickly grow obsolete. But the growth of online...
by Szuwei Co | Oct 5, 2015 | Commentary |
Last Friday, President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping announced the United States and the People’s Republic of China have “reached a common understanding on the way forward” with respect to cyber security and economic espionage – neither government will...
by reedalex | Oct 1, 2015 | Commentary |
Last week, the U.S. Register of Copyright, Maria Pallante, released a memorandum addressing novel questions of law in “Web IV,” the rate-setting proceeding that will determine the statutory licensing rates for non-interactive digital radio from 2016-2020. The outcome...