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The Pirate Bay Switches to a Brand New V3 Onion Domain

TorrentFreak

When The Pirate Bay first came online during the summer of 2003, its main point of access was thepiratebay.org. There is not really much of a privacy advantage for people who use Pirate Bay’s.onion domain to download torrents. The torrent site eventually returned to the.org domain which remains the official home today.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

i] In principle, the Delhi High Court has recognized publicity rights in the case of ICC Development (International) Ltd v Arvee Enterprises (2003). [ii] Conclusion As per my analysis, the Indian judiciary has identified these rights as part of the right to Privacy and IPR, but no defined legislation exists that can regulate things.

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OM Weekly Digest 07/28/22

Olartemoure Blog

The Andean Community has come up with a new Patent Examination Manual for IP offices throughout the community, updating the current Patent Manual published back in 2003. 07/28/22 – Data Privacy. Colombia’s Data Privacy authority recently announced measures for personal data protection aimed at data controllers and processors.

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I2P: The Censorship Resistant Anonymous P2P Network is 20 Years Old

TorrentFreak

In that environment, a young developer named Lance James pondered the implications of increased online ‘monitoring’ on the privacy of law-abiding citizens. When the anonymous developer “jrandom” joined in 2003, things started to change. “The need for privacy and security tools has grown remarkably in 20 years.

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John Doe Order Issued Against “Taarak Mehta” Infringers: Revisiting the Rights Vested in Fictional Characters

SpicyIP

Simply Life India (2023) (“Anil Kapoor”) (in paragraph 53), wherein the Court, had ruled in favour of safeguarding the distinct personality rights of celebrities, including the rights of endorsement and privacy, against widespread online exploitation and unauthorised commercial use. Malayala Manorama (1987), Raja Pocket Books v.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In particular, age authentication mandates are riddled with unavoidable privacy and security concerns; they also make it harder to navigate the Internet and create an authentication infrastructure that censors and authoritarians will find easy to weaponize in the future.

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. With that said, the Ninth Circuit did some serious hand-waving on the privacy issues. It’s sooooooo 2003.