Google's liability in Italy

Google has just been held criminally liable in Italian court for video content it hosted. This is a horrific outcome. Here’s why, against a backdrop of US law: Newspapers in the US may be liable for libel in what they publish (under a strong pro-free-press standard, of course, established in NYTimes v. Sullivan). This makes [...]

ISP Fellows featured in “Why Open Video?”

On the same weekend as the ISP’s conference, A2K4: Access to Knowledge and Human Rights, the Free Culture X conference was taking place in Washington DC. As part of that event, they released Tim Kothran’s great ten-minute educational movie entitled “Why Open Video?” Download link: [OGG] [MP4]

Christina Mulligan on “Principles for Radical Copyright Reform”

You are cordially invited to a special Information Society Project lunch speaker series featuring Christina Mulligan discussing “Principles for Radical Copyright Reform” on Friday, March 26 (rescheduled from a snowy February 26) at noon in Room 128 of Yale Law School. Principles for Radical Copyright Reform What’s wrong with copyright law? Currently, it is illegal [...]

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