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The Historical Significance, Modernization, And Future Of The Video Privacy Protection Act, Erika Williams
The Historical Significance, Modernization, And Future Of The Video Privacy Protection Act, Erika Williams
GGU Law Review Blog
In the twenty first century, we are accustomed to the privacy protections that prohibit video rental service companies from releasing our consumer service history to other sources without first obtaining our written, signed consent. However, most consumers likely do not know the historical significance of why we came to appreciate these privacy protections or what the exact terms of these privacy protections are.
Using Copyright To Combat Revenge Porn, Amanda Levendowski
Using Copyright To Combat Revenge Porn, Amanda Levendowski
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Over the past several years, the phenomenon of “revenge porn” – defined as sexually explicit images that are publicly shared online, without the consent of the pictured individual – has attracted national attention. Victims of revenge porn often suffer devastating consequences, including losing their jobs, but have had limited success using tort laws to prevent the spread of their images. Victims need a remedy that provides takedown procedures, civil liability for uploaders and websites, and the threat of money damages. Copyright law provides all of these remedies. Because an estimated 80 percent of revenge porn images are “selfies,” meaning that …
Intellectual Property’S Lessons For Information Privacy, Mark Bartholomew
Intellectual Property’S Lessons For Information Privacy, Mark Bartholomew
Journal Articles
There is an inherent tension between an individual’s desire to safeguard her personal information and the expressive rights of businesses seeking to communicate that information to others. This tension has multiplied as consumers generate and businesses collect more and more personal data online, forcing efforts to strike an appropriate balance between privacy and commercial speech. No consensus on this balance has been reached. Some privacy scholars bemoan what they see as a slanted playing field in favor of those wishing to profit from the private details of other people’s lives. Others contend that the right in free expression must always …
Big Business, Big Government And Big Legal Questions, Michael Mattioli, Todd Vare
Big Business, Big Government And Big Legal Questions, Michael Mattioli, Todd Vare
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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