Automation in moderation Hannah Bloch-Wehba
Cornell international law journal,
03/2020, Volume:
53, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
This article outlines recent efforts to compel or encourage platforms to engage in automated, ex ante monitoring, filtering, and blocking of online content across a variety of contexts - defamation, ...copyright infringement, and terrorist speech., In March 2019, a shooter posted a white nationalist manifesto on "8chan," an online message board, and then livestreamed on Facebook as he murdered fifty-one people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. In the aftermath of the shooting, millions of users viewed the video on YouTube and Facebook even as the sites struggled to keep the video offline. In July 2019, Brandon Clark murdered Bianca Devins and posted grisly pictures of her corpse on the social media platforms Instagram and Discord before attempting suicide and being arrested. The photos, tagged with the hashtag #RIPBianca, quickly spread throughout social media platforms even as users flagged them and called the police in real time. On Yom Kippur of October 2019, another shooter live-streamed on Twitch, a gaming platform, as he murdered two people in a synagogue in Halle, Germany.
The case is known around the world as a drama steeped in mystery, international intrigue, professional jealousy, political tension and conspiracy, which raised the issue of copyright in biblical ...manuscripts. This legal saga has sparked debate not only in the academic community studying the scrolls, but also among copyright lawyers around the world. The decision of the Supreme Court raises a fundamental question about the choice made of the rule of private international law in the context of copyright and moral rights. The issues to be discussed essentially related to academic freedom, access to unpublished sources, exchange of knowledge and information before publication, possibility of free use of material after publication. More than 2,000 years after it was written and half a century after its discovery, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls finally has a "legitimate" author, according to an Israeli court.
School librarians are often the professionals in their schools responsible for helping faculty and students locate, use, and create content responsibly. This article shares data from an East Carolina ...University survey of common copyright questions, background knowledge, availability of resources, and policy in North Carolina school libraries. Copyright and fair use resources are discussed, and three sample scenarios are presented.
This article discusses the issue of evaluation of the street artists’ rights to their work from the point of view of the owner and the architect of the building through the prism of the rights of the ...latter. After all, upon the appearance of a graffiti, mural, or another street art work on someone’s property, the conflict of rights and interests between the aforesaid persons is inevitable. It is argued that a street artist cannot always claim the copyright holder status. And when they can, their copyright ranks last in the hierarchy of the rights of the concerned rights holders.
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the legal and institutional frameworks for, and the challenges to the payment of the reprographic fees in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachA ...qualitative research approach was employed to address the objectives of the study. This involved focus group discussion sessions with twelve purposively sampled postgraduate students (six each from the private and public institutions) and the five Technical Committee members of CopyGhana; and qualitative interview sessions with the head librarians of four academic universities (two private and two public).FindingsThis study shows that CopyGhana derives its existence from Copyright Act 2005, (Act 690) section 49, and Copyright Regulations (L.I. 1962) 2010, sub-regulation 18. Copyright Regulations (L.I. 1962), 2010, sub-regulation 18 mandates CopyGhana to identify all the outfits that engage in photocopying for immediate licensing, and to protect the economic rights of foreign rightsholders within the jurisdiction of Ghana. Though students and library staff generally agree to the payment of the reprographic fees (the students however want to see it legally insulated against possible future arbitrary increases), the position of university authorities possesses a big challenge to its implementation.Originality/valueThe paper evaluated the legal and institutional frameworks for the payment of the reprographic fees, and the challenges in its implementation, and proposes that CopyGhana may have to activate its legal right to sue in order to overcome the challenges posed by university authorities, as is being done in other jurisdictions.
Privacy plays a pivotal role in the life of the people. Internet governs every aspect of a person's life. It is significant to see what information is available on the Internet about an individual as ...that sculptor the digital image of that individual. At any point in time, "we have wished to erase some part of information related to us on the Internet. It may not have been foreseen when the Internet was invented but it is now a right conferred to the European Union citizens. Right to be forgotten has been codified and given judicial recognition. The right places a substantial burden on the data controller to assess whether a takedown request should be accepted or not. Usually, the pictures used in revenge porn are selfies and the victim owns a copyright in the image. In this research paper, the researcher has made an attempt to analyze the interface between Copyright law and the right to be forgotten. Further, the researcher has analyzed the implications of the use of the right to be forgotten and copyright law to combat revenge porn. The research paper will also include the judicial precedents to provide more clarity on the current position along with principles of legal philosophy.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it's a good bet that at least half of those words relate to the picture's copyright status. Art historians, artists, and anyone who wants to use the ...images of others will find themselves awash in byzantine legal terms, constantly evolving copyright law, varying interpretations by museums and estates, and despair over the complexity of the whole situation. Here, on a white—not a high—horse, Susan Bielstein offers her decades of experience as an editor working with illustrated books. In doing so, she unsnarls the threads of permissions that have ensnared scholars, critics, and artists for years. Organized as a series of “takes” that range from short sidebars to extended discussions, Permissions, A Survival Guide explores intellectual property law as it pertains to visual imagery. How can you determine whether an artwork is copyrighted? How do you procure a high-quality reproduction of an image? What does “fair use” really mean? Is it ever legitimate to use the work of an artist without permission? Bielstein discusses the many uncertainties that plague writers who work with images in this highly visual age, and she does so based on her years navigating precisely these issues. As an editor who has hired a photographer to shoot an incredibly obscure work in the Italian mountains (a plan that backfired hilariously), who has tried to reason with artists' estates in languages she doesn't speak, and who has spent her time in the archival trenches, she offers a snappy and humane guide to this difficult terrain. Filled with anecdotes, asides, and real courage, Permissions, A Survival Guide is a unique handbook that anyone working in the visual arts will find invaluable, if not indispensable.
