The question (6 marks)
Write a note on social media platforms as intermediaries under the Information Technology Act 2000, explaining the safe harbour and the standard of knowledge laid down in MySpace Inc. v Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. (6 marks)
MU Module IV, head 4.1(ii); pack ch. 04, intermediaries and MySpace.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · Technology, Social Media and the Law of Legal Writing and Legal Language.
Authorities you will need
- Information Technology Act 2000, ss. 2(1)(w), 79(1), 79(2), 79(3) and 81
- Copyright Act 1957, s. 51(a)(ii)
- Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011, Rule 3(4)
- Shreya Singhal v Union of India
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