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The Copyright Dilemma Involving Online Service Providers: Problem Solved . . . For Now, Christian C.M. Beams
The Copyright Dilemma Involving Online Service Providers: Problem Solved . . . For Now, Christian C.M. Beams
Federal Communications Law Journal
The Internet environment has presented copyright law with a development unlike any other this century. The illegal trading of copyrighted works has become easier than ever. Until recently, it was possible to hold online service providers strictly liable for the infringing actions of their users, regardless of whether the provider had knowledge of any infringing activity. While promoting the policy of copyright law, upholding such a standard had the potential to limit Internet speech and retard its growth. Seeing this, Congress began to debate on legislation that would protect innocent service providers from this liability. This Note argues that with …
Click Here: Web Links, Trademarks And The First Amendment, Christopher E. Gatewood
Click Here: Web Links, Trademarks And The First Amendment, Christopher E. Gatewood
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
The World Wide Web has experienced rapid growth during the 1990s, with millions of publishers adding diverse opinions, objectives and page content. The main programming feature that has kept this network of networks from becoming a twisted thicket of web-sites is the hyperlink. These links guide users across the Web by creating connections from page to page and site to site, allowing a reader to follow tangential paths to whatever it is the Web has to offer her. Links provide connections within a site and are also used constantly to travel from one publisher's site to another. Because the linking …