Volume: 9 Issue: 1
(January 2007)
Keywords:
web
2.0
multi-jurisdictional
issues
user-generated
content
recent
court
decision
brazil
highlighted
difficulties
removing
user-generated
content
even
web
2.0
companies
A recent court decision in Brazil highlighted difficulties with removing user-generated content, even when web 2.0 companies attempt to comply with court orders for removal. Kiran Sandford, partner and head of IT group at Mishcon de Reya, highlights the jurisdictional and practical challenges for web 2.0 companies in policing user-generated content generated across national boundaries.