guanApr 9, 2017
Parker Higgins

A new copyright decision from the Ninth Circuit could be very bad news for the future of online communities. I wrote up my concerns with Mavrix v. LiveJournal: https://parkerhiggins.net/2017/04/online-communities-threat-new-copyright-decision/

The decision itself is a little bit technical, so if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Apr 9, 2017 at 5:26pmWeb
Show threadHedgeMageApr 9, 2017
@xor A nasty risk to 47USC230(c) provisions... as is http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/03/warning-draft-no-immunity-for-sex-traffickers-online-act-bill-poses-major-threat-to-section-230.htm
Show threadParker HigginsApr 9, 2017
@HedgeMage this is the 17USC512(c) *copyright* safe harbor, but the same principle, yes
Show threadHedgeMageApr 9, 2017

@xor Sorry, was playing fast and loose...I consider them related because 17USC512 relied on (and needed its own safe harbor provision due to) a weakening of 47USC230 from a while back. It was one of two previous iterations of the battle over 47USC230 that the internet lost. Neither are nearly as pervasive, however, as the current challenge, as they mostly impacted 47USC230(b) the section on intent.

IANAL, just an infosec hacker and service operator who works with bright lawyers.

Show threadSpunkie 🍥Apr 9, 2017

@xor
Leonard French's videos have done a great job of explaining the legal technicalities of recent copyright court cases to a layman like me. He goes over the actual case documents page by page and translates it into english.

Here is video he did on the LiveJournal decision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSM3ZB-u8S4