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European Commission to consult over website take-down procedures

19 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission is going to consult this year over take-down procedures for websites. Under the Electronic Commerce Directive, websites have no liability for illegal content that they host as long...

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Google not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its hosted service when brought to its attention as they were still disputed by the author – Davison v Habeeb and Google, High Court

20 December 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Google was not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted about Davison on Google’s hosted service at blogger.com, despite the online service giant having kept the comments up even after being told...

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MPs Committee proposes that websites can keep up allegedly defamatory postings if written by identified authors and accompanied by complaints

27 October 2011 | Mark Weston

An MPs’ report on the draft Defamation Bill going through Parliament has proposed that a distinction be drawn for online libel purposes between identified authors and anonymous posters. The situation...

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Spanish court confirms YouTube not liable for copyright infringement in uploaded material

6 October 2010 | Mark Weston

A Spanish court has confirmed that YouTube is not liable for the infringement of copyright in videos uploaded by users. The user generated content site service provider only becomes liable if it fails...

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Italian prison sentences for Google executives for user-generated material sends shockwaves across the Internet

1 March 2010 | Mark Weston

A decision of an Italian criminal court has sent shockwaves around the Internet. Four Google executives, including its global privacy legal counsel, have been given suspended prison sentences for user-generated...

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Latest news and views tagged take-down

European Commission to consult over website take-down procedures

Google not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its hosted service when brought to its attention as they were still disputed by the author – Davison v Habeeb and Google, High Court

MPs Committee proposes that websites can keep up allegedly defamatory postings if written by identified authors and accompanied by complaints

Spanish court confirms YouTube not liable for copyright infringement in uploaded material

Italian prison sentences for Google executives for user-generated material sends shockwaves across the Internet

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