Intellectual Property,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 12, 2017
Copyright Act statutory damages in age of the internet
Because Congress did not contemplate secondary liability for copyright infringement on a massive scale, internet service providers face exponentially greater exposure than other alleged infringers.
Paul Goldstein
Of Counsel
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market St 30th Fl
San Francisco , CA 94105
Phone: (650) 723-0313
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Email: pgoldstein@mofo.com
Columbia Univ Law School
Paul is the Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.
Joyce Liou
Associate
Morrison & Foerster LLP
intellectual property
425 Market St
San Francisco , CA 94105-2406
Phone: (408) 540-8636
Email: jliou@mofo.com
U Michigan Law School
In the internet era, one of the most significant legal concerns for an internet service provider (ISP) is the risk of exposure to damages for the copyright infringements of their users. In particular, ISPs that transmit or host user-generated content face a potentially greater risk than others because not only can they be held secondarily liable for "downstream" infringements of users, but that liability can come with statutory damages attached. Statutory damages, which are authorized by S...
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