TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“All stakeholders in the internet ecosystem, including hosting providers, DNS providers, cloud services, advertising networks, payment processors, social media platforms, and search engines, should proactively work towards reducing support for well-known infringing sites,” BREIN writes in its submission.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Data Book, as the FTC calls it, found that “email was the #1 contact method for scammers this year, especially when scammers pretended to be a business or government agency to steal money.” Social media scams. Scams starting on social media accounted for the highest total losses at $1.4

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Privacy Social Media Reporting Government 40

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

We live in the digital age of smartphones and social media, where the large scale capturing and sharing of photographs has become a global run-of-the-mill form of communication and expression. The rights in these photographs are typically subject to the licensing schemes of the various social media platforms to which they are posted.

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Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Law 52

Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In this post, I’m looking at the vast domain of the YouTube video & social media platform —which, lest we forget, is a major division of Google/Alphabet — and how its copyright aspect manifests in options for individual contributors (“YouTubers,” in the jargon).

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 16, 2022

Identifying initial privacy concerns in this new era. Imagine a lifestyle videogame but with real repercussions: you can buy and trade goods, attend concerts, engage in social events and even work. Privacy commissioners from the North American country have identified unlawful mass surveillance and collection of biometric data.

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Social Media Privacy Intellectual Property Music 52

IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

This includes thousands of books the complete Wikipedia and nearly a trillion words extracted from blogs social media and various online platforms. He was told he could book a ticket for his grandmothers funeral and later request a bereavement fare. Beyond copyright, data privacy raises its head.

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Music Copyright Ownership Copyright Law 103

43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

Princeton insured Wonderland from 2016-2018 (with a broad exclusion for defamation, invasion of privacy, and various forms of advertising injury in the second year called the Exhibitions and Related Marketing Exclusion), and agreed to defend the club but reserved the right to deny insurance coverage.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Moreover, contrary to The Satanic Temple’s novel argument, domain registration is not the same as registration for a social media website.” The increase in sales was found to be stronger for less popular books and even spilled over to a digitized author’s nondigitized works Keyword Ads * Cohen v. March 29, 2023).

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 6, 2021

They brought claims under the Lanham Act, Wisconsin’s privacy statute, and Wisconsin’s common law of negligence. American Girl’s book about Luciana describes her as dreaming of becoming the first astronaut to travel to Mars. Her accessories include a model telescope, a Mars habitat playset, and a space suit.

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Law Privacy False Advertising Social Media 59

LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

Using these plugins, brands have been able to harness the power of ChatGPT to help consumers book travel , make restaurant reservations , and create curated product recommendations. Because of how the ChatGPT model is trained, it is possible that responsive outputs could contain elements of copyrighted material.

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Social Media Branding Brands Branding 52

IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2022

Rules on Information Technology, 2021 (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code). By adopting rules and regulations, as well as a privacy policy, the intermediary must prevent its users from presenting, uploading, changing, or transferring any information that may result in infringement of any trademark, patent, or copyright.

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Copyright Law Copyright Law Copyright Infringement 97

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

There are two critically important cases over “social media addiction” pending in California state court and as an MDL in the federal Northern District of California. Today’s post focuses on the social media defendants’ efforts to dismiss the parallel lawsuits by the school districts.

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Social Media Publishing Designs Design 102

IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 2d 119 (2d Cir.

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IP Artwork Contracts Intellectual Property 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Even where permission not legally required, thought was better results due to advances in technology—social media influencing: the advertiser wants customized content. Betsy Rosenblatt: you don’t necessarily need a solution to have a successful book. Where permission wasn’t sought it was either due to disregard or ignorance.

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Fair Use Contracts Litigation Copying 45

43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

GDPR has become a gold standard but how much do we know about whether it’s enforced or whether it makes any difference in people’s actual level of privacy? US pushes to provide alternative standards—crossborder privacy regulation as an alternative. DSA allows more leeway, again by focusing on process.

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Law Privacy Social Media Litigation 40

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

The book is available as a PDF at Gumroad for $10, a Kindle ebook for $9.99, a softcover version for $20, and (new this year!) This year, the book shrunk by 7% as I took a hard look at where Internet Law stands now. Taylor about true threats on social media. a hardcover version for $28. Excerpt on notes about UMG v.

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Editing Law Social Media Privacy 145

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The book is available as a PDF at Gumroad for $10, as a Kindle ebook for $9.99, and in hard copy at Amazon for $20. Some of the major changes to the book this year: I added a note on the Copyright Claims Board. I’ve now framed it as a note about California’s consumer privacy laws. Primer on CCPA/CPRA.

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Editing Law Privacy Contracts 145

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

Books and Academic Articles. We posted three chapters from the book: Featuring People in Ads (2022 Edition). I posted a chapter from the book: Online Contracts. Comments to the CPPA’s Proposed Regulations Pursuant to the Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2020, Aug. Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition).

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Editing Social Media Blogging Advertising 98

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

The book is available as a PDF at Gumroad for $10, a Kindle ebook for $9.99, a softcover version for $20, and a hardcover version for $28. I hope this excerpt will help a little, but I probably need to do even more on that front in the book in future editions. All printed versions come with a free PDF on request.]

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IPilogue

APRIL 4, 2022

I explained that I had just finished reading a recent book about ‘her sister’ and that I only wished to speak to her about conflicting information contained in that publication, as I was conducting research about her medical condition. Upon hearing the name of the author of the book, her nervousness turned to fury. Privacy matters.

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Privacy Publishing Journalism Copyright 119

SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

I conclude that Creative Commons (CC) licenses can make these books available to the public, particularly as e-books on the internet, permitting the re-use and modification of these works for both non-commercial as well as commercial purposes. Other Posts. Image from here.

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Intellectual Property Trademark Licensing Copyright 105

SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

(CNR Number: KLTV010019372021) The reason for filing the suit was that certain unknown people had posted without authorisation original sound recordings created by Vempati Ravi Shankar (the plaintiff’s late husband) on the defendant’s social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram. In Akshaya Creations v. Relying on Puttaswamy v.

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Moral Rights Privacy Personality Rights Copyright 98

Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

A fraudulent lottery-winning message with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice from KBC was viral through various social media platforms and many people fell into this trap. This association of KBC with his name, voice, and image, in general, was the root cause of a recent scam. Also, Tamatina, a company made wallpapers using his photographs.

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Branding Branding Brands Personality Rights 98

Copyright Lately

MAY 21, 2021

The man in the photo, whom Dolezal previously identified as “my dad” in social media posts, was later revealed to be Albert Wilkerson Jr. , And earlier this year I wrote about Dr. Seuss’ Enterprises’ decision to stop publishing several Dr. Seuss books containing racially-insensitive content.

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Copyright Copyright Infringement Fair Use Copyright Law 98

IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

It was trained on a loosely vetted assortment of websites, articles, and books. Other considerations for legal professionals abound, privacy being salient among them. But they should avoid relying on it to do the heavy lifting, such as brief writing or legal analysis. AI will inevitably lead to better efficiency and lower client costs.

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Business Law Social Media Reporting 52

LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

It was trained on a loosely vetted assortment of websites, articles, and books. Other considerations for legal professionals abound, privacy being salient among them. But they should avoid relying on it to do the heavy lifting, such as brief writing or legal analysis. AI will inevitably lead to better efficiency and lower client costs.

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Business Law Reporting Music 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Dignitary interests: false light, IIED, privacy typically expire w/person. Keep up with the culture by considering social media. Roberts: Nike just got SNKRS w/vowels removed—that’s the Booking problem. IP Subcommittee on AI: was a lot about whether we need a national ROP to deal with this. Death closes things off.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2021

.” This passage illustrates the brief’s duality: Florida’s version of the First Amendment would give the government sweeping authority over the digital public sphere and impede social media companies from addressing real harms online. Neither of these theories is defensible, and the Court should reject both of them.

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Social Media Law Privacy Blogging 124

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

The book is available as a PDF at Gumroad for $10, a Kindle ebook for $9.99, a softcover version for $20, and a hardcover version for $28. Last year, I shrunk the book by 7%. This year, I reduced the book ANOTHER 10% as I reluctantly shed some outdated classics. Privacy Review: 16 C.F.R. Social Media People v.

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Editing Law Contracts Privacy 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Some of the tricks those legislatures can try: set a short timeline on constitutional challenges, target the ownership of media enterprises for censorship rather than enacting censorship outright, and pretextually justify the law as advancing “privacy” or speculative “national security” interests.

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Privacy Government Ownership Social Media 75

Copyright Lately

MARCH 6, 2023

In September 2021, Coakley issued his “Director’s Statement” on social media to coincide with Runt ‘s official release. Coakley also sent the Bergers mock-ups of movie posters referencing alleged misconduct that Coakley threatened to release on social media to “gauge public reaction.” In one notable case, Balsley v.

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Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Social Media 92

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

This reflects years of tech-trashing by the media and politicians–and an imbalanced discourse because there’s surprisingly little counternarrative to the techlash narrative (I hope to address this with my forthcoming book project). The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

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Law Social Media Government Privacy 122

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

California SB 976, “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act,” is one of the multitudinous laws that pretextually claim to protect kids online. Fourth, will this kind of data mining be legal in light of the existing and emerging privacy laws? Parental consent! Mandatory transparency! Seriously?

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Social Media Privacy Publishing Law 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2025

In addition to enabling peer connection and social support, social media can also promote positive and identity-affirming content and encourage behaviors that proactively address mental health care.” Extensive social media use also has been linked to higher rates of depression, anxiety, and loneliness among young people.”

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Social Media Law Contracts Publishing 92