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Government Court Filing on Bill C-11: “The Act Does Allow For the Regulation of User-Uploaded Programs on Social Media Services”

Michael Geist

Last week, the Commission issued its first major ruling on mandated payments by Internet streaming services, a decision that, as I’ve written and discussed , is likely to increase consumer costs with limited benefit to the film and television sector. Subsection 4.1(2) 2) states that, despite subsection 4.1(1), Section 4.2 is even broader.

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Court Enjoins Texas’ Attempt to Censor Social Media, and the Opinion Is a Major Development in Internet Law–NetChoice v. Paxton

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Earlier this year, the Texas legislature enacted HB 20 , a blatant attempt to censor social media service. The opinion emphatically slices through the FUD that’s been generated by pro-censorial forces questioning whether social media services exercise editorial discretion. The Opinion. ” [cite to USTA v.

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Atari’s Copyright Claim Against State Farm Survives Challenge

Copyright Lately

Atari’s copyright infringement lawsuit against State Farm advances, underscoring the importance of careful clearance in advertising. In addition to copyright infringement, Atari brought claims for business disparagement, false information and advertising, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment. Conversely, in Ringgold v.

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How the New 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract Affects Performers and Advertisers

LexBlog IP

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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‘Pirated’ TikTok Clips Help to Promote TV Series, Research Finds

TorrentFreak

TikTok Pirates For example, when a viral clip from a TV series is making the rounds on social media platforms, one could argue that this serves as free advertising. They called for platforms like TikTok to actively detect and remove unauthorized film and television content,” the researchers recall.

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How LaLiga’s Anti-Piracy Tools Led To Two More Pirate IPTV Arrests

TorrentFreak

In 2019, LaLiga launched an investigation into a website advertised on social media that was being used to illegally market football content plus other material belonging to a “well-known” on-demand television platform. They had a high degree of technological specialization.

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adult venue's insurer did not successfully exclude ads from ad injury coverage

43(B)log

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. The consent judgment was a lump sum and, Princeton argued, included uncovered claims; most of the images fell within the 2017-18 period.