4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (135+ words) Intermediary liability has an important role in the law. But society benefits most when the legal framework supports permissionless innovation, placing primary responsibility on end users who violate the law, rather than discouraging the creation of technologies that can be…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (955+ words) Ronald Mann is a professor of law at Columbia, where he teaches courses in commercial finance, payment systems and deals. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1985, and after clerking on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (Judge…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (267+ words) WASHINGTON'The Supreme Court made it harder for music and movie makers to sue for online piracy, ruling Wednesday that internet providers are usually not liable for copyright infringement even if they know their users are downloading copyrighted works. In a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (191+ words) By MARK SHERMANUpdated 7: 36 AM PDT, March 25, 2026 The justices ruled unanimously that Cox bears no liability for the copyright violations of its customers, reversing a jury verdict and lower-court rulings. "Cox neither induced its users" infringement nor provided a service tailored…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago  (398+ words) Michael Smith faces up to five years in prison after he admitted to siphoning off royalties with billions of fake streams. A North Carolina musician has pled guilty to stealing $8 million in royalties with fake streams on AI-generated music in…...