Secondary Liability
Secondary liability is a doctrine under which a service provider can be held liable for infringement committed by users. It is a strong and appropriate enforcement tool against bad actors who purposefully support copyright infringement. But the law in this area must leave breathing room for valuable new technologies to develop. Lawsuits against providers of services and technologies continue to test the boundaries of secondary liability. Overbroad application of secondary liability could seriously chill innovation.
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Bono's Not So Beautiful Day Commentary: When a celebrity speaks about a cause of significant importance a lot of us listen. When that... |
1/6/2010 | |
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Can You 'Ban' People From the Internet? Commentary: Is it appropriate to "ban" someone from the Internet for downloading someone else's... |
12/4/2009 | |
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of "Remote DVR" Case Statement: The Supreme Court today declined to reconsider a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision holding... |
6/29/2009 | |
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Appeals Court Reverses "Remote DVR" Decision Statement: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a lower court decision that, as CDT and a number... |
8/4/2008 | |
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CDT, Others Urge Court To Reject Bias Against Remote Services Statement: CDT and a number of industry associations and public interest groups filed a brief today in the... |
6/11/2007 |
Policy Posts deliver in-depth analysis of current issues affecting the Internet. These documents are a leading resource for policy makers, the press, industry representatives, students, and others interested in legal and policy issues affecting the Internet.
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| "Remote DVR" Ruling Could Raise Copyright Risks for Other Services | On March 22, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling blocking... | 4/6/2007 | |
| CDT, Tech Groups Urge High Court to Protect Internet Innovation | CDT and leading technology groups filed a friend-of-the-court brief before the U.S. Supreme Court... | 1/26/2005 |
Find all our latest testimony, papers, and other reports here.
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Letter to the President on ACTA Transparency Letter: We are writing to express our deep concerns about the lack of transparency and openness... |
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Testimony of David Sohn before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on "H.R. 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act and H.R. 1319, the Informed P2P User Testimony: |
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Testimony of David Sohn on the Informed P2P User Act Testimony: Testimony of David Sohn [pdf] before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection,... |
David Sohn | 5/5/2009 | |
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Amicus Brief in Arista Records v. Limewire Brief: |
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Amicus Brief in Cablevision Remote DVR case Brief: |
6/8/2007 |