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Legal Analysis Of Copyright Issues In YouTube And Other Social Media Content

IP and Legal Filings

The nature and notion of copyright, as well as a brief overview of social networking sites, have remained the main focus of this research study. The article then turns its attention to how social media culture is violating owners’ copyrights. Due to excessive mobile use, social media has become a popular platform.

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Minnesota Wants to Ban Under-18s From User-Generated Content Services

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated Note: I’ve often told the story of how Epinions implemented COPPA in 2001. What The Bill Says. generated content.” They are not the same thing!).

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The EUIPO has published the second phase of its research on Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technologies

The IPKat

However, over the last two decades, the ability of computers to recognise content has become crucial for a wide range of applications (and this is not a list of the capabilities of HAL 9000 in " 2001: A Space Odyssey "). in a shop) and recognised by a camera, through a computed " automatic " process, without the intervention of human review.

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[Guest post] The ‘brat’ phenomenon: Exploring cultural influence and IP dynamics

The IPKat

Brat green: from the streets of NYC to the domination of social media and then to the catwalks (?) This state of pandemonium across social media platforms swiftly led fashion brands and luxury retailers to capitalize on this frenzy by re-branding their green products as ‘brat’.

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State Farm’s Nod to Nostalgia Sparks Copyright Clash With Atari

Copyright Lately

” A screenshot from the (now deleted) social media video at the center of the controversy. State Farm Plans, the Internet Laughs That said, if you’re going to pander to gamers on social media, you have to expect scrutiny and snarky comments. A good media liability insurance policy could also help.

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Copyright Hygiene for Digital Content Creators

Velocity of Content

In my first post in this series, after discussing the basics of good copyright practice for bloggers (and other creators whose distribution is primarily through social media sites), I went on to look at the DMCA and how it may be seen as a useful first-line-of-defense bit of IP protection for content first appearing on such sites.

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Revisiting Bananas, Duct Tape, Walls, & Copyright–Morford v. Cattelan

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case involves Morford’s 2001 artwork named “Banana and Orange.” Morford’s work had been displayed on social media, including YouTube, Facebook, and BlogSpot. For example, we must resolve when duct-taping a banana to a wall infringes copyright. The short answer should be “never.”