Three developments in the last two months suggest websites face greater liability for content authored by third parties in the European Union—including reader comments, posts on message boards and social networks, and search...more
7/2/2015
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Duty of Care ,
E-Commerce ,
EU ,
France ,
Google ,
Online Commentary ,
Popular ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
Search Engines ,
Third-Party Liability ,
Websites
In a significant and concerning decision, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has endorsed the so-called “right to be forgotten” and ruled that, in some circumstances, search engines can be compelled to remove search result...more
The Ninth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to hold that an actor has a copyright interest in her performance, holding that a district court abused its discretion in denying a motion for preliminary...more