Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Goes Back to Congress
A bill to prevent cops and spies from buying Americans’ data instead of getting a warrant has a fighting chance in the US Congress as lawmakers team up against surveillance overreach. Powered by...
Anti-Piracy Coalition Boasts Massive Sports Streaming Disruption Campaign
In recent years, rightsholders of major sports events have complained that current legislative frameworks fail to provide efficient tools to tackle live streaming piracy. This problem was highlighted repeatedly last year as the European Commission drafted its plans to tackle ‘live piracy’ going forward. End the Live Piracy Plague A group of more than a hundred stakeholders, including several of the largest sports organizations, called...
Instagram Not Liable For Copyright Infringement Over Embedded Images
In common with content created in other fields, photographs generally enjoy protection under copyright law, allowing photographers to determine who can duplicate and/or distribute their work. Photographers Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer posted several of their copyrighted works on Instagram. In January 2016, Time published an article titled ‘These Photographers Are Covering the Presidential Campaign on Instagram.’ Within that...
