Michael Geist

JUNE 13, 2024

While Bill C-11 may ultimately become associated with the consumer implications and the CRTC’s failure to consider the market effects, for many Canadians the bill is inextricably linked to fears of user content regulation. It allows the CRTC to prescribe user-uploaded programs on a social media service in multiple different situations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

June 17, 2022). ” BBC : Facebook’s growth not linked to psychological harm, study finds * Science : How do social media feed algorithms affect attitudes and behavior in an election campaign? Plaintiffs have not submitted the Resort’s pages on third-party travel websites or presented social media posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The opinion holds that the key parts of Florida’s social media censorship law (SB 7072) likely violate the First Amendment and should remain enjoined. ” The opinion also highlights the madness of the Fifth Circuit allowing the Texas social media censorship law to take effect via a 1-line order. “S.B.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

2022 WL 17737285 (D. 2022 WL 4456077 (C.D. July 29, 2022). Google LLC v Defteros [2022] HCA 27. 2022 WL 2181068 (N.D. 2022 WL 2181068 (N.D. June 16, 2022). 2022 WL 3586166 (N.D. 22, 2022): – “the CFRA does not create any legal duty to remove false reviews.” Google, Inc.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Generative AI Computer-generated art reached a tipping point in 2022.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. Nevertheless, as the semester has already started at Santa Clara Law, I’ll do my rundown of my 2022 outputs-to-date anyway. Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

2022 WL 16555584 (S.D.N.Y. 31, 2022): When an individual’s decision to disseminate an Instagram post is the “very thing the article [is] reporting on,” the use of the Instagram post and its copyrighted material in the reporting has been deemed sufficiently transformative to support a fair use defense. Verizon Media, Inc.,

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IPilogue

MARCH 16, 2025

By 'Damola Adediji Policy researchers and government studies worldwide have continued to express deep concerns surrounding Big Tech firms and their extensive collection of personal digital data, which affects how markets operate and compete. These companies have established themselves as intermediaries in building multi-sidedmarket platforms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The “Informed Consent Action Network,” and its founder Del Bigtree , ran afoul of the social media services’ COVID misinformation policies. ICAN claimed that the social media services took these actions due to government pressure and jawboning, especially pointing the finger at Rep. Some Jawboning Posts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

Google LLC, 2022 WL 17072948 (N.D. Los Lunas Schools Board of Education, 2022 WL 14008397 (D.N.M. 2022 WL 3210698 (9th Cir. 9, 2022): the district court correctly granted summary judgment to lululemon on AAW’s initial interest confusion theory. Kutrubes, 2022 WL 2840484 (10th Cir. 2022 WL 2784820 (C.D.

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. Content creators and social media influencers work sincerely to build their reputation for expertise in specific industries, products, and topics.

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Corsearch

MARCH 19, 2025

54% of Gen Z spend over 4 hours on social media every day More than two thirds of Gen Z use TikTok 40% of Gen Z follow brands on social media 97% of Gen Z use social media as the first port of call when looking to buy something They live, shop, and engage digitally, making them one of the most influential consumer groups today.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated As they realize the bill’s implications, I’m hoping Minnesota parents will tell their Senators to scrap this effort. What The Bill Says. generated content.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Houston, 2022 WL 395309 (M.D. Two More Courts Tell Litigants That Social Media Services Aren’t State Actors. Anti-Zionist Loses Lawsuit Over Social Media Account Suspensions–Martillo v. Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”? Case citation : McWaters v. ICANN Not a State Actor.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

She tattooed the Sedlik photo onto Farmer and promoted the tattoo on social media. Market Effect. “no one has told [Sedlik] they would not buy a copy of the Portrait because they had seen the Tattoo or social media posts about the Tattoo.” May 31, 2022). She now does her tattoo artistry pro bono.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

The court disagrees: Even assuming the Association’s content was indeed demoted in search results and on social media platforms, the technology companies may have taken those actions for any number of reasons unrelated to Representative Schiff. Schiff , 2022 WL 211219 (D.C. January 25, 2022).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

PETA objects to these experiments and commented on TAMU’s social media pages. TAMU claims that PETA’s comments were “spam” that violated TAMU’s social media policy. Banks, 2022 WL 4021938 (S.D. Banks appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Case Citation : PETA v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

This is one of the dozens of lawsuits alleging that social media services addict kids. In a statement sure to spook every social media service, the court finds “the forum selection clause invalid because it is procedurally unconscionable, substantively unconscionable, and unenforceable against a minor.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tinder social media channels.'” Tinder appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” IP Exception. In Almeida v. Amazon , “the Eleventh Circuit has expressly established that the right of publicity is an intellectual property right.” ” Cites to UCS v. Case citation : Albert v.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2023

When BBB fans aren’t glued to their TVs waiting for the drama to unfold, many can be found on social media, usually speculating about what comes next, based on what they’ve just seen. For example, there is an impact on the attractiveness of audiovisual products for the advertising market,” it reads.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

General Business Law Section 394-ccc, the 2022 law that requires social media platforms to disclose their editorial policies towards “hateful conduct.” I’m hoping the Supreme Court will hear the challenges to the transparency pieces of the Florida and Texas social media censorship laws.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 8, 2022

It would take away all of the pro-social uses of Snapchat (don’t laugh, there are many), even in circumstances where the minor users never faced a risk of victimization. Also, many teens feel that social media makes their lives better, and so categorically booting them from all social media services would be a huge loss to them.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One SFHS student found on Spotify, and then publicized on social media, a photo of three peers that appeared to be in blackface, which the uploader said was evidence of racism at SFHS. Rosenthal , this is yet another example of how USERS of social media directly benefit from Section 230. Labana , 2022 WL 17687172 (Cal.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2023

Hovering a cursor over the blacked-out area revealed what should’ve been hidden and click led directly to the site considered most damaging to the home market in Japan. That’s highly relevant information but when the Agency of Cultural Affairs was alerted to the buzz on social media, the information was immediately taken down.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted the emergency application to restore the injunction against HB 20, Texas’ social media censorship law. Everyone knows “social media censorship” laws will require the Supreme Court’s review. Paxton , 2022 WL 1743668 (US Sup. May 31, 2022).

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The TTAB upheld three refusal to register the proposed mark POSITIVE ONLINE PRESENCE for "Providing marketing consulting in the field of social media." In re Media Minefield, Inc. 88395484 (December 14, 2022) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Peter W. Welch 2022. And so, all three refusals were affirmed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

You may recall the 2022 Buffalo mass-shooting , which was committed by a murderer responding to the “ Great Replacement Theory.” The victims sued social media companies for allegedly radicalizing the shooter by exposing him to third-party content. Mean appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

On October 25, 2022, following a string of antisemitic remarks and hate speech from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) on social media, Adidas announced their decision to terminate their co-branding partnership with Ye and end production of all Yeezy branded products.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 3, 2023

Forbidding the employment of foreign models and voice actors in advertisements starting of October 1, 2022, was one of ARCON’s first actions. According to the sources, the Council claims that “the ads on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp in the Nigerian markets are not verified and allowed by the federal government”.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to publish another guest contribution by Danish Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen , Hanne Kirk and Thit Nymand Nisbeth (all Gorrissen Federspiel) tackling influencer marketing from an IP perspective. This emerging breed is - very tellingly - called influencer marketing.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2022

CNN argued that the Flynns’ social media activity shows they in fact are QAnon adherents. Still, given the possible dog whistles, I’m sure CNN’s lawyers will explore these social media statements in their depositions. 2022 WL 3334716 (SDNY Aug. We are every day people seeking truth.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Potential irony alert: 50 Cent has taunted Diddy for getting botox … When, if ever, can a company share a photo of a customer/friend on social media without consent? When is a video showing content published on social media an advertisement, and when it is a documentary? Kogan , 2022 WL 17582560 (S.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Moore, Find Out Who Your Friends Are: A Framework for Determining Whether Employees’ Social Media Followers Follow Them to A New Job, 39 CAMPBELL L. See generally, Christopher A.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

From a few early steps in 2016/2017 and more recently in 2022 , services are being dynamically blocked and many individuals have been arrested for broadcasting or selling access to the league’s games without permission. LaLiga Strikes Again. Top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga is now tackling live streaming piracy on all fronts.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Vogue’s publishers have sued rappers Drake and 21 Savage for unauthorized use of Vogue’s trademarks and false representations in marketing their newest album, “Her Loss”. On November 17, 2022, Drake and 21 Savage agreed to this preliminary injunction and also agreed to stop using Vogue trademarks for their album promotion.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

Biden , 2022 U.S. March 18, 2022). Two More Courts Tell Litigants That Social Media Services Aren’t State Actors. Anti-Zionist Loses Lawsuit Over Social Media Account Suspensions–Martillo v. Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”? Case citation : Huber v.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. On July 29 th 2022, Netflix sued the TikTok stars Barlow and Bear in the U.S. District Court in D.C. 501 and 15 U.S.C.

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