Parker HigginsApr 9, 2017

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.

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 Higgins
@HedgeMage this is the 17USC512(c) *copyright* safe harbor, but the same principle, yes
Apr 9, 2017 at 5:55pmWeb
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.