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The Insensitive Internet - Brazil and the Judicialization of Pain

The Insensitive Internet - Brazil and the Judicialization of Pain

Marcelo Thompson is a Research Assistant Professor in Law and Information Technology at the Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong and Acting Co-Director of its Law and Technology Centre. Without the usual diatribes of the political process; without the bickering and finger-pointing, earmarks and pork barrel provisions, a new Bill is being […]

Another Stop to Free Downloads of Music Online: LimeWire Liable for Copyright Infringement

Another Stop to Free Downloads of Music Online: LimeWire Liable for Copyright Infringement

Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Granting summary judgment in favour of the music industry, a US federal court has found peer-to-peer file-sharing service LimeWire liable for copyright infringement. This judgment is yet another in a long line of cases that have established that distributing and maintaining a file-sharing service […]