A two-to-one split vote in the U.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Circuit last week spotlighted the ongoing controversy over internet infrastructure companies' responsibility for illegal content. Two of the three judges on the panel sided with data-center service Steadfast Networks LLC over copyright owners ALS Scan Inc.
A federal judge last week pared Steadfast from a lawsuit waged by adult publisher ALS Scan, finding that the hosting provider is not liable for copyright-infringing activities that took place on the server of a client.
A Los Angeles federal judge yesterday sided with adult publisher ALS Scan and denied content delivery network provider Cloudfare Inc.’s motion for summary judgment in a long-running copyright infringement case.
Content producer ALS Scan has become the latest adult entertainment company to fight child pornography online by becoming a corporate sponsor of ASACP.
