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Can Tattoos Infringe Copyrights, and If So, What Happens Then?–Sedlik v. Kat Von D

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

She tattooed the Sedlik photo onto Farmer and promoted the tattoo on social media. Nature of Use. It’s a creative photo, but it was published. Amount Used. This factor weighs against fair use. However, the court says the jury can decide if the defendants profited from their social media posts.

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Announcing the 2022 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

For my thoughts about self-publishing an ebook casebook, see this article. e-personation case (an edge case from a different era), and the decade-old social media e-discovery cases (mainstream CivPro by now). Taylor about true threats on social media. Toys ‘R’ Us v. Note About Fair Use.

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Plagiarism as a Social Norm

Plagiarism Today

As gray area as the law can be, especially in areas like fair use and determining what is “substantially similar”, the law is codified, written down and has tomes of case law behind it. In April 2021, researcher Jess L Gregory published an article entitled “ Plagiarism as a Social Contract, a New Way to Approach Plagiarism ”.

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Announcing the 2021 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

For my thoughts about self-publishing an ebook casebook, see this article. I did not add coverage of the Florida social media censorship law or NetChoice v. Over the years, I’ve posted a number of book excerpts that are accessible for free, including: The entire chapter on online contracts. Toys ‘R’ Us v.

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My “Summer” 2022 Activities

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I posted a chapter from the book: Online Contracts. How Fair Use Helps Bloggers Publish Their Research , Association of Research Libraries blog, Feb. Will California Clone-and-Revise Some Terrible Ideas from Florida/Texas’ Social Media Censorship Laws? Regulation of Political Advertising (2022 Edition).

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If You Ask Your Friend to Take Your Photo Using Your Camera, Who Owns the Copyright?–Shah v. NYP

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

After he was released from jail, he got copyright registrations for the photos and sued (pro se) the media entities for copyright infringement, 1202 violations, and more. The court held that the photographer, and not the group or other members, held the copyright, so the group’s posting of the photos to social media could infringe.

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Book review: Copyright in the street. An Oral History of Creative Processes in Street Art and Graffiti Subcultures

The IPKat

It is also pointed out that the lack of respect for authorship rights can be explained by the difficulty for publishers to identify and contact the artists and photographers of the works. the type of permission, payment, and contract). Social media are used by artists to spread info on bitting. because of rain).

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