Hollow Victory: Supreme Court Won’t Hear Net Neutrality Appeal
The US Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting net neutrality are legal. Unfortunately, those are the laws that were already scrapped.
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Supreme Court of Canada: IP Address Does Not Mean Guilt
A recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling could have major implications for any potential file-sharing cases in the future.
German Judges Rule Against Key TTIP Provision
There’s been a big development in the battle against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). German judges have ruled against its key Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions, saying that there was no need for such a court and that regular courts were sufficient.
Could the Recent German Court Ruling Affect CETA and TPP?
By Drew Wilson Last week, a German court ruled that Internet access is “essential” for every day life. If someone’s access is disrupted, they are entitled to compensation. While it may sound mildly interesting on the surface, there’s the fact that current trade agreements being negotiated could allow rightsholders to disconnect users after repeated infringement. […]
Canadian Supreme Court Hands Down a Number of Copyright Decisions
The Supreme court of Canada has been quite busy recently. A number of decisions have been handed down that affects royalties and when creators can collect on such royalties and when the law simply doesn’t apply. There’s quite a lot in these decisions that did benefit consumers.
Does a Supreme Court Ruling Kill the PSN Class Action Lawsuit?
The major PSN outage that saw 70-77 million users data compromised certainly was looking to be one of Sony’s more expensive messes. With governments expressing concern over users identities and a lawsuit already filed against the company, it looked like certain disaster until a recent supreme court ruling was made in a separate case.
Judge Declares Tenenbaum Fine Unconstitutional, Slashes it To Tenth
It’s been a while since we were able to report on anything in the Tenenbaum case, but news has broke today that the Joel Tenenbaum case took an interesting turn. A judge called the $675,000 fine “unconstitutionally excessive” and slashed it by a factor of ten to $67,500.
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