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Announcing the 2024 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

However, it did involve an edge outcome (the presence of a unilateral amendment clause infected the whole contract) that hasn’t come up often since it was issued. I added a summary of contributory and vicarious copyright law principles from the Frontier Communications case. Contracts Meyer v. I posted the 2022 version.

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Announcing the 2022 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

e-personation case (an edge case from a different era), and the decade-old social media e-discovery cases (mainstream CivPro by now). Taylor about true threats on social media. The Florida and Texas social media censorship laws and the associated court challenges. Social Media. Primer on FOSTA.

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Announcing the 2021 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Some of the major changes to the book this year: I added a note on the Copyright Claims Board. I did not add coverage of the Florida social media censorship law or NetChoice v. Over the years, I’ve posted a number of book excerpts that are accessible for free, including: The entire chapter on online contracts. Illinois v.

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Was Mark Twain the Original “Bad Art Friend”?

Copyright Lately

The dispute between writers and former friends Sonya Larson and Dawn Dorland over a short story involving a kidney donation has captured the attention of social media during the past week. Well, that would have been joyful news to me about the middle of December, when I gladly took the first offer that came, and made a contract.

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Growth of Virtual Youtubers and IP Complications

IIPRD

It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. 3] The legal pitfall people ignore is the lack of clear communication over the copyrights of the character. However, the conversation being considered as a contract between them was unclear regarding the IP rights.

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Not Invincible: A Cautionary Tale for Creators

Copyright Lately

As a new lawsuit involving the popular comic book and animated series “Invincible” shows, the failure to properly document the copyright status of a jointly-created work at the beginning can lead to messy consequences later. Can someone be tricked into giving up copyrights he may never have owned in the first place?

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Announcing the 2023 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Verio ruling (both the contracts and TTC portions) and the Hamidi ruling. This means I am actively seeking a CFAA/scraping case that can help students learn the law. . * * * Over the years, I’ve posted a number of book excerpts, including: The entire chapter on online contracts. Contracts Meyer v. Social Media People v.

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