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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JD Supra Law

JUNE 3, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously to approve and publish for public comment proposed amendments to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the Guides). Indeed, according to the FTC, the proposed. By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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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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TorrentFreak

APRIL 2, 2025

Since sites linked to terrorists or extremists are prime targets for blocking, Russia labeled parent company Meta an extremist organization in 2022 and then blocked it using the same mechanisms deployed against pirate sites. Figures released by telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor late March claimed that between 2022 and 2024, Russians spent 13.6

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 30, 2023

HOW ANDY WARHOL IS STILL SHAPING AMERICAN COPYRIGHT LAW In October 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments regarding whether pop artist Andy Warhol’s artwork made fair use of a photo of a music legend, Prince, in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Lynn Goldsmith.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

30, 2022): Tofurky prevails on the merits of its argument that that [sic] the speech it not inherently misleading. 2022 WL 17248983 (9th Cir. Parker, 2022 WL 17403220 (D.D.C. targeted social media advertising. Comptroller , No. C-02-cv-02-10509 (Md. Turtle Island Foods SPC v. Soman , No. 4:19-cv-00514-KGB (E.D.

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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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Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Much of the language was written well before widespread adoption of social media, and much of that language was vague even then. In March, two senators debuted the Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022 , better known as the SMART Copyright Act. The Complicated Backdrop.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

The mere suggestion that social media operators in the United States could face arrest overseas, for the alleged misconduct of a minority of users among more than a billion, would not be well received. It’s dated September 18, 2022. Two short posts further back still is another marking RuTracker’s 18th birthday.

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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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Patently-O

MARCH 16, 2024

This recent decision from the Supreme Court case grapples with the issue of when a public official’s social media activity constitutes state action for purposes of a First Amendment claim under 42 U.S.C. I’ve been following the case as part of my work on internet and media law issues. 507 (2022).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The current suit states that in 2022, Sadowski created a photograph titled 112120rat5CS, which was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in December 2022. Fortner Services, a pest control company based in Bedford, Indiana , operates a website and maintains a presence on social media.

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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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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Bar se nadam da je kupljeno sa nekog stocka :( pic.twitter.com/KpSiJFu9v2 — Marko (@mlinka) February 4, 2022. ” However, those on social media, in particular Croatians, were not so quick to dismiss the issue. Leach, for his part, seemed largely unfazed by the controversy, saying in one tweet.

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The IPKat

APRIL 3, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host a guest contribution by Desmond Oriakhogba on the new Copyright Act 2022 signed into law by Nigeria's President. The reform process is now complete with the recent assent to the Bill, as the Copyright Act 2022, by the Nigerian President.

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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 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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IPilogue

JULY 18, 2022

Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2021-2022. Our stories also delve into related areas including: internet law, privacy rights, broadcasting, social media and free speech. . Winter 2022 Term: . IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the? Gowling WLG ?Best Fall 2021 Term: .

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, we have seen hosting companies, advertisers, and social media platforms being added. 2022 Notorious Markets Review Yesterday, the USTR published its 2022 Review of Notorious Markets. — A copy of the USTR’s 2022 Review of Notorious Markets is available here (pdf).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Bell alleges that Bless, as an employee of Bartholomew and a coach at Columbus North High School , used his copyrighted material without permission by posting a representation of the WIN chapter on social media in March 2022. He claims that the defendants actions in 2022 breached that agreement. Continue reading

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

From the perspective of the Intangible Investor, 2022 will be a year of new opportunities and transitional growth. IP business models will evolve, and risk and return calculations will become more reliable.

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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.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Oct 18, 2022). So if graffiti can be protected, does one need permission from the artist to photograph the work and then “publish” it to a social media platform? What if the social media account is used to promote the account owner’s own goods or services, or a third party’s brand?

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Just as sponsored content dominates social media, so too will advertising blanket the metaverse. Platform terms and features for branded content on social media is quite developed, but that is not yet the case for the metaverse. The metaverse virtual world is a shiny new sandbox for brands to play in.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JULY 8, 2022

Celebrating Habitat Month 2022: Healthy Habitat, Resilient Infrastructure. July 8, 2022. Fri, 07/08/2022 - 11:42. All month long, we will share our incredible habitat conservation efforts through our website and social media. KCPullen@doc.gov. Environmental data. Fisheries and aquaculture.

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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. Texas A&M (TAMU) does medical experiments on dogs. 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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Michael Geist

MAY 16, 2024

For those new to the bill, the government has called it “fundamentally flawed” since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns through mandated age verification technologies, website blocking, and extends far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 23, 2024

Photographer Jeff Sedlik will ask a federal jury to find that celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (aka Kat Von D) infringed the copyright in his iconic portrait of Miles Davis by reproducing the photo in a tattoo and then displaying images of her handiwork on social media. Take-Two Interactive.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2024

New EU Piracy Watch List The most recent version of the report was published in late 2022 and the EU is currently soliciting comments from stakeholders for the next release. For example, tucked in between pirate portals such as Fmovies and The Pirate Bay, we find the Russian social media platform VK.com and the file-hosting service Mega.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 26, 2022

The theme of WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Day (April 26 th , 2022) this year is “ IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future.” Again, as with all of social media, it’s a “ proceed with caution ” situation, and I do think that parental supervision of uploading activity to TikTok is both warranted and simply prudent.

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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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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2024

While still hiding out in Northern Cyprus to avoid extradition back to the UK, in June 2022 Hornung was found guilty in his absence. Policing Isn’t a Popularity Contest… While it’s possible to assess sentiment across social media posts, social media users tend to group around certain topics which can lead to bias.

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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. “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. Nature of the Work.

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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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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2023

For reasons that make absolutely no sense while somehow making perfect sense, millions of internet users think that social media platforms are perfect for piracy. Nevertheless, the masses love quick and easy so in common with similar platforms everywhere, social media has a piracy problem.

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