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Social Media, Creative Theft, and Copyright: What Every Independent Artist Needs to Know

Intepat

The Threat of Creative Theft Creative theft poses a significant challenge for independent artists, manifesting as the unauthorized appropriation of original works through reposts, remixes, and style imitations on social media platforms. This reality underscores the urgent need for awareness and protection against creative theft.

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Social Media, Creative Theft, and Copyright: What Every Independent Artist Needs to Know

Intepat

The Threat of Creative Theft Creative theft poses a significant challenge for independent artists, manifesting as the unauthorized appropriation of original works through reposts, remixes, and style imitations on social media platforms. This reality underscores the urgent need for awareness and protection against creative theft.

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10 reasons that small businesses need to protect their trademarks

Erik K Pelton

Customs Missed opportunities to stop cybersquatters Missed opportunities to reclaim social media usernames registered by others There is nothing a small business can do for its brand that provides more protection—and insurance—than obtaining a trademark registration from the USPTO.

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Judge Rakoff: Embedding Social Media Content is a “Display” Under the Copyright Act

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Nicklen “urged his social media followers to consider the ‘haunting’ and ‘soul-crushing scene’ and to take steps to mitigate the harms of climate change.” The court also notes that the server rule distinguishes between a copy “possessed by the infringer and showing a copy possessed by someone else.”.

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Server Test Showdown? The Conflicting Rulings Over Whether Embedding a Social Media Post Violates the Copyright Act

IP Tech Blog

A recent California District Court ruling affirmed that Perfect 10’s ruling applied to the embedding of images from social media onto third party websites. the user name and image, user caption, number of likes, and branding of the social media platform). Amazon.com, Inc., What is Embedding?

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Software Downloads Netflix & Disney+ Videos to Make DRM-Free Copies

TorrentFreak

Long before the advent of legitimate online video streaming services, torrent sites and similar platforms allowed users to download and keep copies of movies and TV shows. It is unlikely that these features will appear on a licensed mainstream service but that doesn’t stop subscribers from desiring them. Subscriber Agreements.

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Copyright Owners Are Still Suing Over Embedding

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

With respect to the Jordan video, I assume the video was infringing when uploaded to Twitter, which is why a license argument wouldn’t work. ” Amount taken: “Townsquare copied the entire Jordan video. .” ” Amount taken: “Townsquare copied the entire Jordan video. Lynk Media LLC v.