Internet Protocol – Intellectual Property Policy
& Brexit
For the backstory to the upload filter check my book The Closing of the Net - PAPERBACK OR KINDLE - £15.99!
"Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Standards and Private Online Censorship"
Book chapter in Eds. J.Kulesza and R.Balleste: Cybersecurity and Human Rights in the Age of Cyberveillance
Summary introduction to the chapter:
States are bound under international conventions to guarantee human rights, including the right to freedom of expression, and they also have the sovereign right to determine what content is acceptable within their own jurisdiction. However, when it comes to electronic communications networks, private actors are increasingly being asked to act on behalf of States in implementing content restrictions. These private actors are not bound by these international conventions, but they do fall under the jurisdiction of the state.
Their position therefore could become pivotal with regard to freedom of expression online. This chapter therefore addresses the question of how to interpret the duty of states with regard to private actors, in the context of content restrictions and the right to freedom of expression.
The chapter covers:
The problem with copyright and freedom of expression online
Technology & policy challenges
Interference & human rights law
Copyright
States and private actors
Balancing interference and state duties
IP politics - news & views
- EU upload filter - Germany’s crucial deciding vote
- Copyright Directive upload filter - why EU Council should block it
- Data and Brexit – a mis-calculation?
- EU lawmakers seek to protect free speech in online content rules
- How Brexit rips up business models Part 2: visas for money and music
- How Brexit rips up business models Part 1: putting back barriers
- Norwegian Blue or Super-Canada - is there any life in this parrot?
- EU Copyright Directive - who pays the bill for the upload filter?
- Brexit White Paper - a common rulebook for 21st century business?
- Galileo: EU blasts off to space future but holds UK on red signal
- Galileo satellites illuminate EU-UK divorce tensions
- EU Withdrawal Agreement: a deep and special loss of influence
- Ground control to Mrs May – have we lost the signal?
- 10 years of Internet wars
- Consent and consensus: 5 ways the European Parliament influences Brexit
- New EU proposal writes Internet hosts into copyright law
- Parma ham exposes Brexit sensitivity over IP rights
Speaking engagements
- European Parliament Micro-targetting & Profiling Event November 2019
- Council of Europe Workshop on Internet Intermediaries, Tbilisi December 2018
- Post Brexit International Trade - Maidenhead Chamber of Commerce Feb 2018
- GDPR & Brexit Presentation BCS - EuroCIO Event April 2018
- Data is the new currency
Published work
- Content responsibility: The looming cloud of uncertainty for Internet intermediaries
- Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Standards and Private Online Censorship
- The Policy Challenge Of Content Restrictions: How Private Actors Engage The Duties Of States
- Internet Policy Review - The Aereo dilemma and copyright in the cloud
- JIPITEC - The Digital Economy Act in the dock
States v the 'Net?
Read The Closing of the Net, by me, Monica Horten.
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" essential read for anyone interested in understanding the forces at play behind the web." ITSecurity.co.uk
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