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Copyright and intermediary liability

Courts treating hosting/publishing liability and disclosure duties differently in copyright and intermediary-liability cases

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Jan 11, 2026

What defenses and safe-harbor protections exist for accidental or automatic access to illicit images online?

There are a patchwork of statutory, regulatory and doctrinal defenses that can shield people and platforms who accidentally or automatically obtain illicit images online, but those protections are nar...

Jan 9, 2026

What legal actions, if any, have been taken by or against parties involved in the diary’s disclosure and distribution?

There is no reporting in the supplied sources identifying a specific diary disclosure incident or any named parties who have been sued or prosecuted; therefore this analysis outlines the plausible leg...