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Major ISPs and DNS providers follow a patchwork of practices: some jurisdictions (e.g., EU, Australia) have mandatory retention laws requiring ISPs to store connection metadata for fixed periods, whil...
Consumers who want access to or deletion of ISP-held DNS and connection logs face a fragmented reality: ISPs commonly log DNS queries and connection metadata for operational and security reasons, but ...
ISPs can often infer that copyright infringement or large-scale piracy is occurring on their networks by analyzing non-content signals — such as connection endpoints, traffic volume and protocols — wi...
Federal courts and Congress have drawn a line between passively viewing streamed content and creating copies, producing uneven outcomes across circuits: many courts and commentators treat private stre...
—under current practice, internet service providers and some online platforms can be compelled to disclose a subscriber’s identity in civil copyright cases: rights holders routinely use court-ordered ...
Dane Wigington’s own organizational and interview profiles repeatedly describe him as a researcher, activist and the founder/lead of GeoEngineeringWatch.org, with a background in solar energy and prio...
U.S. courts have drawn a clear line: mere access or hosting of allegedly illegal digital content is often treated differently than knowing possession or intentional facilitation—Supreme Court and circ...