Training Data Governance
Abstract As AI-generated summaries increasingly displace traditional search results, users are less likely to visit the underlying websites where content is published. This shift has sharply reduced traffic to those…
Social Media Platform Regulation in the US and the EU: Towards a Divided Internet?
Abstract This article analyses the systems of legal regulation of online social media platforms as regards to hate speech and misinformation in the US and the EU. It engages with…
Chip Wall: Cybersecurity Concerns with the Chip Security Act
Abstract Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has come to appreciate the critical value of semiconductor chips (“chips”). Countries around the world have prioritized access to these chips in their…
JIPEL Vol. 15 – No. 2
You may view and download a PDF of the complete issue here. Our Spring 2026 Issue—Volume 15, Number 2—brings together scholarship that grapples with a shared, increasingly urgent set of questions: how…
De Minimis Copying: An Empirical Study
Jessica Silbey* & Samantha Zyontz** Download a PDF version of this article here. In the internet age, the copyright de minimis defense has increased in relevance as copyright lawsuits (and…
Common Law Notice-and-Takedown
Michael P. Goodyear* Download a PDF version of this article here. Platform liability is a complex landscape under U.S. law. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has generated significant…
Right to Research and Copyright Law: From Photocopying to Shadow Libraries
M P Ram Mohan* & Aditya Gupta** Download a PDF version of this article here. Academic research and publishing are facing a crisis. The importance of access to academic literature…
A Framework for Assessing Technology Hubs in Africa
This article explains the importance of technology hubs as drivers of innovation, social change, and economic opportunity within and beyond the African continent. It includes a thorough review and synthesis…
Somewhere Beyond the ©: Copyright and Web Design
This note evaluates the applicability of copyright to web design. Web design affects the appearance and user experience of a website, but excludes content such as the text or images.…
Using Copyright to Combat Revenge Porn
The dawning of the information age, coupled with a greater understanding of the value of intellectual property, has increased the quantity of proprietary information businesses choose to keep as trade…