Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Paxton, the Challenge to Texas’ Social Media Censorship Law appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Life is too short to spend precious time reading the report, though I did find the plaintiffs’ motion to strike interesting. Declaration from Technology Network. NetChoice/CCIA complaint. Text of HB 20.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2021

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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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“Influencer Marketing” and “Social Media Brand Endorsement” have become big business. Our law firm represents some of the business’s largest social media marketing agencies and influencers. This means they also own and need to license the copyright to the brand.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ever since the massive explosion of content creation that gave rise to social media, content creators worldwide have utilized embedding to showcase and link users to content that otherwise would not have been as readily accessible. On July 17, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Hunley v. Amazon.com, Inc.,

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

Photo by Sara Kurfeß on Unsplash Today marks the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. In this situation, it seems appropriate to take another look at Article 17 of the Directive and see what we have learned in the last five years and how the provisions have worked in practice.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 20, 2025

On the same day last week, federal judges in the Southern District of New York issued a pair of decisions that highlight the persistent legal uncertainty publishers and websites in the Second Circuit face when embedding content from social media platforms. Townsquare Media, Inc. Townsquare Media, Inc. In Richardson v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Among other problems, the law dictates how “social media platforms” can make their editorial decisions. Fortunately, a Florida federal judge blocked Florida’s social media censorship law as unconstitutional. This is not unique to social media.

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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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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

The concept of fast fashion is fairly straightforward: It’s a design, manufacturing and marketing method that focuses on rapidly producing (or reproducing) existing fashion trends and making them available to customers quickly and cheaply. This is why designers like Prado are using social tools, not legal ones, to combat fast fashion.

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Art Law Journal

MAY 4, 2022

Social media has the power and reach to create community, provide a kick of inspiration, and help artists visualize their work from a macro perspective. Perhaps most significantly, mastering the art of social media can help your relationships with your followers and turn them into your tribe. Your time is limited.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Earlier this month, the Fifth Board of Appeal (BoA) of the EUIPO refused the registration of CHOPIN for several goods in Classes 29, 30, and 32 of the Nice Classification due to the risk of free-riding on the reputation of the earlier trade mark CHOPIN under Article 8(5) EU Trade Mark Regulation (EUTMR).

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

‘Influencer marketing,’ albeit a new word, has emerged as one of the most effective strategies to create money across all industries. A Social Media Influencer is someone who creates unique material that keeps people interested on multiple social media platforms, causing them to return for more high-quality information.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Through a variety of domain names, the site offers over 11 million books and 84 million articles. Z-Library was also mentioned in several recommendations to the US Trade Representative’s overview of notorious piracy markets. This growth is facilitated by users who openly advertise the site on social media, TikTok included.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2022

TikTok’s effectiveness, as a music marketing tool, became apparent during the early COVID 19 quarantine period, at which time a TikTok influencer created choreography to rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s newly released single, “Savage.” From a label’s perspective, marketing is equally as important as music production.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 10, 2024

In the mid-2010s, plaintiffs filed about 20 lawsuits filed around the country seeking to hold social media services liable for allegedly facilitating terrorist attacks. Twitter * Social Media Providers Aren’t Liable for Domestic Mass-Shooting–Retana v. Two of those cases, Gonzalez v. Google and Taamneh v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When that article was tweeted, it displayed a thumbnail image showing side-by-side the 50 Cent photo and a photo showing a penile enhancement procedure with the goodies hidden by an eggplant emoji. Kogan also created and posted a video discussing (and showing) the article, including more innuendo that 50 Cent got the procedure.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

22, 2021): companies now pay so-called “influencers” to issue posts on social media touting their products or services. Robinhood Markets, Inc., Robinhood used Ice Cube’s picture and paraphrase of a line from his song to illustrate an article about market corrections. Advertising/E-Commerce. Ariix, LLC v.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2025

Embracing anyone and welcoming any topic of conversation, fancy high-tech social media platforms made short work of file-sharing communities. The company is heavily involved in AI and in its article titled ‘Responsible Use and Legislation of Generative AI’ the company notes various risks and the importance of transparency.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 2, 2022

It was important to many of Mark’s fans though, and with huge numbers flooding to social media to call for a Toei boycott, the situation had already spiraled out of control. The aim of this article isn’t to discuss the merits or failures of Content ID.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

this article ) and is now generating truckloads of cash for many lawyers. Her inability to control social media accounts referencing her reminded me of the Hayley Paige Gutman litigation , and I will say more about this issue when I blog the JW Dant bourbon case. Esquared appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Although national rules vary, all the current SPR-regimes permit scientific articles that are the result of (fully or partially) publicly funded research to be shared online by their authors for non-profit purposes, typically following an embargo period. 2] A legislative proposal to introduce SPRs in Italy is pending. [3]

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Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Often, this critical information comes from externally-published materialsresearch analyses, market reports, news, and academic journalsthat help financial institutions stay current and maintain a competitive edge. Much of this material is protected by copyright.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 19, 2022

Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved the existing injunction against Texas HB 20, the so-called social media censorship law, in a one-sentence order. If you want more details, read the article. ” This order shocked the world for several reasons. This is a massive affront to the rule-of-law.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

The relevant act, seeking to bring Ireland in line with the Directive, is the Statutory Instrument 567/2021 ‘European Union (Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market) Regulations 2021’ (hereinafter ‘ the Regulations’ ). The exception is broadly similar to that contained in Article 3 of the Directive. Section 53A).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Facebook also claimed it exited the Washington political ad market in response, but its ad library provided evidence otherwise. Also, with respect to Facebook’s purported motivation to get the ad dollars, the court conveniently ignores that Facebook actually tried to exit the market entirely. See this article.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 9, 2022

Both Florida and Texas included editorial transparency mandates in their social media censorship laws, and I’m baffled that the California legislature thinks those #MAGA laws are good sources of inspiration??? Among other problems, it requires each social media platform to make 161+ different statistical disclosures.

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

Safe harbour & DSM Directive Issue : The safe harbour provision (Article 14 E-Commerce Directive), as we know, provides intermediary service providers with protection from liability, on condition that the provider does not have actual knowledge of illegal activity.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2024

Cooperation and increased information sharing are essential and should be further promoted, at all levels, in accordance with Union law, the protection of personal data and the freedom to conduct business under Article 16 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘ the Charter ’).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

Ever since the massive explosion of content creation that gave rise to social media, content creators worldwide have utilized embedding to showcase and link users to content that otherwise would not have been as readily accessible. On July 17, 2023, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Hunley v. Amazon.com, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

The website is not set up to permit third parties to independently post articles. The Australian High Court says that Google Search isn’t liable for search results that link to a defamatory article, even if it gets a takedown notice. Wired : Inside the Underground Market for Fake Amazon Reviews. ” * Fleites v.

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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”. Katie Graham is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408 , “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” This bill assumes that social media platforms are intentionally addicting kids, so it creates business-ending liability to thwart those alleged addictions. Social Media Benefits Minors.

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2022

On the one hand, social media has enabled global sharing of news and creative media. This article features three artists I met over the course of my research: Kaitlin Chan (they/she), an autobiographical cartoonist from Hong Kong; Tabathia Smith (she/her), a laser-cutting small business owner; and.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 23, 2023

The initial Bill C-11 consultations at the CRTC have resulted in some streaming services unsurprisingly responding to legislation that applies Canadian law to every service anywhere in the world by raising the prospect of exiting the Canadian market if not granted exemptions.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Subsequently, the Committee published a report which set out a number of recommendations to Government [ Katpost here ] that included equitable remuneration for streaming, contract adjustments as well as referrals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

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Copyright Lately

AUGUST 14, 2023

Photographer Jeff Sedlik filed the lawsuit in February 2021 , claiming that Von D infringed the copyright in his photo of Miles Davis by tattooing a reproduction of the image on her friend Blake Farmer’s arm and by displaying images of the tattoo on her social media accounts.

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