Celine Dion Takes On Satirical Blogger In David And Goliath Fight (Spoiler:...
Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher. Only one post remains on the Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion Tumblr and it is tellingly...
View ArticleSpat Between Pilot and Attendants’ Unions Results in Intrusive Disclosure Order
In Manish Patel v Unite, [2012] EWHC 92 (QB), a pilot, who claims he was defamed and harassed by postings on the British Airline Steward and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) forum, applies to the court...
View ArticleDefriend: Privacy Concerns are back in the Newsfeed
An Austrian student studying law in Silicon Valley has raised serious flags about Facebook’s lack of adherence to privacy law and disclosure regulation. Max Schrems used EU privacy and personal data...
View ArticleCyber Attacks: Unsure About Disclosure
In recent years, the threat of cyber crime has become a staple of the news cycle. While most reports focus on threats to unwitting consumers, a recent New York Times article looked at the predicament...
View ArticleBreach of Confidence: Your “Friends” Can’t Protect You
As social media becomes increasingly prolific, the perils of its use are becoming increasingly apparent. Yet another case has highlighted that the information you place in the online sphere is liable...
View ArticleSplitting the Difference Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property: FTC v...
The dividing line between intellectual property and antitrust laws was further clarified last week when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) settled a debate on the illegality of Reverse...
View ArticleDating Sites Scrape Internet for Women’s Photos, Including Those of Deceased
Dubious and likely illegal image scraping is alive and well. And outside of particularly public, harmful cases like Rehtaeh Parsons’ photo ending up on a dating site, few organizations or governments...
View ArticleBreaking-up Bad: Is Copyright the Best Tool to Fight Revenge Porn?
Ugly break-ups are nothing new, but selfies, sexting and social media have opened a new avenue for exes to punish each other. When one ex keeps nude or sexually explicit photos of the other and...
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