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A Collective Rights Society For The Digital Age, John Maloney
A Collective Rights Society For The Digital Age, John Maloney
Indian Journal of Law and Technology
Variations in digital copyright law in the international sphere have created unnecessary transaction costs to both consumers and producers who wish to transfer digital media efficiently. This article argues that the international community should create a collective rights organisation to bring uniformity, fairness, and efficiency to the process of transferring digital media and endeavours to construct the ideal model for such a collective rights organisation by describing a hypothetical collective rights organisation named PICRO (Possible International Collective Rights Organisation) and examining its operation using the example of digital music distribution. By illustrating the PICRO model in the light of current …
The Constitutional Issues Of Publishing Mugshots In The Age Of Screenshots And Digital Media, Ryan J. Mcelhose
The Constitutional Issues Of Publishing Mugshots In The Age Of Screenshots And Digital Media, Ryan J. Mcelhose
St. Thomas Law Review
This paper takes the position that American people’s Due Process rights are violated when their mugshots are digitally disseminated prior to a conviction. The press’s First Amendment rights are not violated by not having access to pre-conviction booking photos because the press can report on other publicly accessible information. The same conclusion can be made relating to private citizens and private companies who assert that their Freedom of Speech rights are violated by not having access to obtain, publish, and disseminate pre-conviction mugshots. Existing scholarship has addressed the issue of publishing mugshots with privacy arguments related to the Freedom of …