Copyright and Privacy: Pre-trial Discovery of User Identities

Lindsay, D

Copyright and Privacy: Pre-trial Discovery of User Identities

Lindsay, D

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Across Intellectual Property: Essays in Honour of Sam Ricketson, 2020
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lindsay, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6222-8738
dc.contributor.editor	Austin, GW
dc.contributor.editor	Christie, AF
dc.contributor.editor	Richardson, M
dc.contributor.editor	Kenyon, A
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-21T01:39:36Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-22T19:04:18Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Across Intellectual Property: Essays in Honour of Sam Ricketson, 2020
dc.identifier.isbn	9781108750066
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141595
dc.description.abstract	The relationship between copyright and privacy is complex: copyright and privacy may be mutually reinforcing or may conflict. This chapter explores the relationship between copyright and privacy in the context of pre-trial discovery of identities of internet users allegedly committing copyright infringements by use of peer-to-peer (P2P), principally BitTorrent, networks. In particular, the chapter examines the extent to which courts granting identity disclosure from ISPs satisfactorily address conflicts between copyright and privacy. The chapter argues that judicial reasoning in this context may be improved by means of structured rights-balancing, which is to be preferred to conventional multi-factor common law reasoning.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartof	Across Intellectual Property: Essays in Honour of Sam Ricketson
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1017/9781108750066
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Copyright and Privacy: Pre-trial Discovery of User Identities
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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pubs.consider-herdc	true
dc.date.updated	2020-06-21T01:39:31Z
pubs.place-of-publication	Cambridge, UK
pubs.publication-status	Published
dc.location	Cambridge, UK

Abstract:

The relationship between copyright and privacy is complex: copyright and privacy may be mutually reinforcing or may conflict. This chapter explores the relationship between copyright and privacy in the context of pre-trial discovery of identities of internet users allegedly committing copyright infringements by use of peer-to-peer (P2P), principally BitTorrent, networks. In particular, the chapter examines the extent to which courts granting identity disclosure from ISPs satisfactorily address conflicts between copyright and privacy. The chapter argues that judicial reasoning in this context may be improved by means of structured rights-balancing, which is to be preferred to conventional multi-factor common law reasoning.

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