Catherine R. Gellis, Esq.

Attorney/outside policy counsel

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Assisting clients with legal issues arising from the digital age.  Particular expertise with copyright and other intellectual property issues, intermediary liability and immunity, and other online free speech issues.

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Sausalito, CA 94965

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RSS Recent Techdirt Posts I’ve Written

  • Why Section 230 'Reform' Effectively Means Section 230 Repeal
  • Locast Shuts Down, As Yet Again A Bad Interpretation Of Copyright Law Makes The World Worse
  • The Rule Of Fences, And Why Congress Needs To Temper Its Appetite To Undermine Internet Service Provider Liability Protection
  • The Night The United States Supreme Court Cancelled Law
  • A Guy Walks Into A Bra
  • Understanding The California Ruling That Said Prop 22, The Gig Worker Ballot Initiative, Was Unconstitutional
  • It's Time We Talk About Getting Rid Of The Bar Exam. And Here's Why.
  • Senator Klobuchar Proposes An Unconstitutional Law That Would Kill Legions Of People If Trump Were Still President
  • Remembering Sherwin Siy
  • Creating State Action Via Antitrust Law And Making The People Who've Been Wrong About The Constitutionality Of Content Moderation Suddenly Right
  • Congressman Nadler Throws The World's Worst Slumber Party In Order To Destroy The Internet
  • Think Tech Companies Are Too Monopolistic? Then Stop Giving Them Patent Monopolies
  • Why The Ninth Circuit's Decision In Lemmon V. Snap Is Wrong On Section 230 And Bad For Online Speech
  • Thanks To Section 230, I Can Correct Wired's Portrayal Of My Section 230 Advocacy
  • The Oversight Board's Decision On Facebook's Trump Ban Is Just Not That Important

Recent media

“Cheat sheet: U.S. lawmakers propose Section 230 reforms to regulate online paid speech,” DigiDay, Feb. 10, 2021.

“How we can save the internet without destroying Section 230,” Yahoo Finance, Jan. 20, 2021.

“You’ll Be Able To Download A Lot More Stuff For Free—Legally—Jan. 1,” Forbes, Dec. 24, 2020.

“Broadbanned: Still no affordable fix for a broadband internet connection just out of reach,” USA Today, Aug. 4, 2020.

“Trump’s executive order on social media is ‘deluded,’ according to legal experts,” Mic, May 28, 2020.

“‘Everything as a service’ is coming—but we’re not there quite yet,” Ars Technica, Sept. 10, 2019.

“4 Cases That Show the Scope of Services, Speech, and Conduct Protected by Section 230,” Reason, Jan. 25, 2019.

“What to expect when Apple, Amazon, and Google get grilled in Congress this week,” Yahoo Finance, Sept. 24, 2018.

“EU Copyright Directive Moves Forward: What Does It Mean for In House Lawyers in Silicon Valley?,” The Recorder, Jun. 21, 2018.

“Facebook sends Ars takedown notice from Pink Floyd over NASA audio,” Ars Technica, Dec. 20, 2017.

“Rightscorp finds scary shortcut to expose alleged BitTorrent Pirates,” TorrentFreak, Apr. 5, 2014.

“Judge: “NSA exceeded the scope of authorized acquisition continuously”,” ArsTechnica, Nov. 18, 2013.

“Google Says Your Emails Aren’t Private,” Lawyers.com, Aug. 22, 2013.

“Golden Gate Bridge’s new cashless tollway promises convenience in exchange for privacy,” The Verge, Mar. 27, 2013.

“The Internet’s most hated lawyer finally gets served in free speech lawsuit,” Ars Technica, Nov. 26, 2012.

“The Politicization of Women’s Issues: Tug of War with Gender at the Center,” American Bar Association Perspectives, Fall 2012.

Multimedia

“Episode #141: Donald Trump, Howard Stern… And Copyright” Techdirt Podcast, Oct. 17, 2017.

“Episode #179: Hate Speech” Tech Policy Podcast, TechFreedom, Jun. 9, 2017.

“Episode #124: Suing a Website” Tech Policy Podcast, TechFreedom, Sep. 13, 2016.

“Should terror suspects have the right to buy guns?” Ali Veshi On Target, Al Jazeera America, Dec. 7, 2015.

“This Week in Law #317” Aug. 28, 2015.

Katherine Albrecht radio show, Jun. 10, 2014.

“The SOPA interview,” The Pod Delusion podcast, Episode 112, poddelusion.co.uk, Nov. 25, 2011.