TECHNOLOGY, ANALOGY AND THE COMMON LAW
“The common law is a growing tree,” a 19th Century Pennsylvania judge wrote. “Its principles must be continually adapted to new facts, and the changing conditions of modern life.”[1] Technology has been a frequent changer of modern life. The New York Court of Appeals recently had to reconcile technology and the common law in Flo […]
COPYRIGHT OFFICE IMPLEMENTS ONLINE FILING FOR SAFE HARBOR COPYRIGHT AGENTS UNDER THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA)
Following the passage of the DMCA in 1998, online service providers (such as hosts for web sites, email services, online forums or chat rooms) that wished to avoid liability for posting of copyrighted materials by third parties could avail themselves of a “safe harbor” under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) by registering an agent with the […]
API Use Legal Considerations
As more and more websites interact with one another, with the express permission of one another or otherwise, the methods of that interaction and the legal consequences continue to come under more and more scrutiny. One avenue for interaction between websites is through Application Programming Interfaces (API’s).