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Think Kiwi Farms Is Legally Unassailable? Copyright Law Might Disagree–Greer v. Moon

Eric Goldman

The court says these allegations are sufficient for direct copyright infringement: Mr. Greer alleged he discovered the book “had been illegally put onto Kiwi Farms” in January 2018. For unexplained reasons, it does not appear that the defendants are invoking the 512 defense. CloudFlare’s block ). Direct Infringement.

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Plaintiffs Tried to Plead Around Section 230. It Didn’t Work–Ziencik v. Snap

Eric Goldman

To get around the obvious Section 230 problem that the plaintiffs’ claims are actually based on the third party’s harassing content, the plaintiffs affirmatively disclaimed that they were suing based on the harasser’s messages or Snap’s failure to block him. The plaintiffs tried again, with the same result.

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Attorney at Work’s Top 20 Articles of the Year

Attorney at Work

Another popular theme: lawyer wellbeing. Or, in 2021 parlance, “me-ssential” advice — why and how to prioritize self-care activities (like sleep) and time. Counting Down the Top 20 of 2021. When 2020 finally ended, pundits and publications searched for a word to encapsulate the year. The Top 20 Articles of 2021 Countdown.

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In Bid to Disrupt PI, Legal Tech Company Pivots, Launches Legal Service to Compete with the Very Firms It Has Long Served

LawSites

According to founder and CEO Joshua Schwadron , it all comes down to the “incentive problem” and the failure of PI firms to pass along the savings of technological innovation to the clients they represent. To start, it is launching in three states – Connecticut, Georgia and Texas – with plans to eventually cover the entire United States.

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ICO Dawn Raids: How to respond and what you can do to prepare – An FAQ

Debevoise Data Blog

There are two grounds for obtaining such a warrant: The Information Commissioner has reasonable grounds to suspect that either: a data controller has failed to comply with certain requirements under the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”) or UK GDPR, covering nearly all substantive obligations; or an offence under DPA 2018 has been committed (e.g.,

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For Companies Subject to the GDPR: Five Cybersecurity Takeaways from the ICO’s Ticketmaster Fine

Debevoise Data Blog

The Ticketmaster penalty notice states that on 10 February 2018, an attacker injected malicious code into a customer service “chatbot” used on Ticketmaster websites, including payment processing pages. The malicious script was active between 10 February 2018, and 23 and 24 June 2018, when the chatbot was disabled.

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The mysterious National Financial Information Registry

Ikigai Law

The RBI constituted a taskforce – which submitted its report in 2018 – on setting-up public credit registries in India. Is the Registry at risk of becoming a honeypot of sensitive data – a potential single point of failure? It originally appeared in the February edition of FinTales, our monthly fintech newsletter.)