Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

It covers some of the basics on open source AI focusing on its definition and legal challenges. The exact definition of what constitutes open source AI is still subject to discussion. Finally, the Open Source Initiative (OSI) is currently working on a definition for open source AI. Its “ Open Source AI Definition – draft v.

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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. This definition amended in the Act is now known as the “Transmit Clause.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

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.” Use of content posted to social media has generated many posts on this blog, starting with AFP v. Instagram’s TOS Authorizes Third-Party Embedding of Photos–Sinclair v.

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Art Law Journal

AUGUST 10, 2022

Here’s a common scenario on social media for artists: You’re starting to grow a steady online following, but your audience isn’t commenting, liking or sharing your first few posts. So is it time to throw in the towel on social media and focus on other marketing strategies? Wear your heart on your sleeve.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2021

Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York recently denied a motion to dismiss in a copyright dispute involving the unlicensed “embedding” of a social media video. By: Proskauer - Minding Your Business

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Martillo claims that six social media services suspended his accounts because he is an anti-Zionist. The court responds: “the defendants’ social media platforms are not places of ‘public accommodation.’ Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”? ” Cites to Lewis v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 1, 2024

A couple of years ago, Florida and Texas passed “social media censorship” laws. The laws were not subtle–the bill titles literally told the world that the legislatures were censoring social media. From a drafting standpoint, the laws were a mess.

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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. This definition amended in the Act is now known as the “Transmit Clause.”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

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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Michael Geist

JUNE 9, 2023

As noted above, the specific language is “CRTC is directed not to impose regulatory requirements on online undertakings in respect of programs of social media creators, including podcasts”. A key definition is who qualifies as a “social media creator”, since it is their content that is brought into the exclusion.

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The IPKat

MARCH 1, 2024

On 22 February 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released its report on “ The impact of complicit social media influencers on male’s consumption of counterfeit goods in the UK ”. 24% of UK males aged 16 to 60 purchase counterfeit goods under the endorsement of social media influencers.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Instead, its submission indicates that wants all broadcasters (which given the law would include the CBC) to get an even bigger portion of the potential Bill C-18 revenues by expanding the definition of “journalist” to include everyone from sound and video engineers to researchers and fact checkers.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

With the close of another year upon us, IPWatchdog is returning to an annual feature with its Top 10 list of issued U.S. patents during 2021.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2023

Tim Pool, the Babylon Bee, and National Religious Broadcasters, which are (respectively): “a social networking app, an active social media content creator, a satirical news website, and a nonpartisan association of Christian communicators.” The plaintiffs in this case are Minds, Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

General Business Law Section 394-ccc, the 2022 law that requires social media platforms to disclose their editorial policies towards “hateful conduct.” It is definitely counterintuitive to oppose transparency requirements due to our strong regulatory and social norms in favor of transparency.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

To combat “fake news,” governments must carefully regulate social media content. For instance, based on a newly enacted law , if social media businesses operating in Germany do not remove unlawful, racist, or defamatory posts within 24 hours, they risk hefty fines.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 21, 2023

Although you may have never heard of Shein, your children definitely have. Its business model revolves around collecting vast amounts of customer data and leveraging artificial intelligence (“AI”) to reverse-engineer fashion trends, which are then marketed via social media. By: Clark Hill PLC

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

That can’t possibly meet the definition of common sense for many Canadians. A better approach would be to focus on providing parents with filtering software, so that they could better manage their kids’ Internet use and prevent access to content they deem inappropriate.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The French streaming site actively campaigns on social media where it has booked some impressive results. That kind of social media exposure is unprecedented for a pirate site and it definitely helped to get more viewers to the platform. TikTok Views. WishFlix nailed the first part of that equation.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The “Informed Consent Action Network,” and its founder Del Bigtree , ran afoul of the social media services’ COVID misinformation policies. ICAN claimed that the social media services took these actions due to government pressure and jawboning, especially pointing the finger at Rep.

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Erik K Pelton

AUGUST 5, 2022

What if you started using the brand name on social media? And unfortunately, there are bad actors out there who might try to register domain names or other social media names or just mimic what you’re doing. So if you’re using a brand name on social media, now is a good time to protect it.

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Michael Geist

MAY 29, 2024

The bill would mandate age verification technologies that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada says creates concern given missing safeguards , it establishes website blocking that government officials warn could undermine net neutrality and an open Internet, and its broad scope goes beyond pornography websites to include search and social media.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The first involves the definitions for harms such as inciting violence, hatred, and bullying. However, the definitions are not without risks that they may be interpreted in an over broad manner and have implications for freedom of expression. The definitions are where there may concerns in some instances. How are these defined?

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Since music today is so widely transacted online in social media and music platforms, the way people search for it and find the music is via a brand name, and having a registration makes it much easier and cheaper to do take downs on music platforms. That is the definition of what a brand is.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 14, 2023

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is on the defensive as he tries to defend Bill C-18 in the wake of both Google and Facebook signalling that they may remove Canadian news from search results and social media sharing in light of the government’s approach that creates mandated payments for links.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

It is also often argued that fashion recycles itself, and there has to be a loose definition of “copying” if the industry is to be able to create and innovate freely.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2023

Acting on a decree issued by the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Milan, 12 Italian nationals and one person of Albanian origins, living in several regions of Italy and Germany, were targeted on suspicion of operating social media channels dedicated to pirate IPTV subscription sales/resales.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Watch UFC Free” These people also brazenly advertise on social media platforms to attract viewers to their pirate websites, with slogans on social media sites such as “Watch UFC Free,” McKnight notes. That includes those who register new accounts. law, but that’s not a given.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 21, 2024

Good practices should be identified, and recommended to all actors, including e-commerce marketplaces, transport and logistic service providers, payment services providers, social media providers, providers of domain name services, etc. Secondly, further cooperation and information sharing should be encouraged.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Not only does the law have few limits with respect to which services are regulated, it is similarly over-broad with respect to what is regulated, featuring definitions that loop all audio-visual content into the law by treating all audio-visual content as a “program” subject to potential regulation. user generated content).

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LexBlog IP

JULY 3, 2023

According to the FTC’s announcement, the revisions include: 1) articulating a new principle regarding procuring, suppressing, boosting, organizing, publishing, upvoting, downvoting, or editing consumer reviews so as to distort what consumers think of a product; 2) addressing incentivized reviews, reviews by employees, and fake negative reviews (..)

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Above the Fold

JULY 3, 2023

According to the FTC’s announcement, the revisions include: 1) articulating a new principle regarding procuring, suppressing, boosting, organizing, publishing, upvoting, downvoting, or editing consumer reviews so as to distort what consumers think of a product; 2) addressing incentivized reviews, reviews by employees, and fake negative reviews of a (..)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 8, 2022

If the plaintiff seeks to hold the defendant liable for third-party content–definitely true in this case–the Lemmon ruling make it clear that a “negligent design” framing is still subject to Section 230, no matter how creatively or emphatically the plaintiff points to the service’s first-party design choices.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 11, 2023

First, start with the definition of a “digital news intermediary”, which states: digital news intermediary means an online communications platform, including a search engine or social media service, that is subject to the legislative authority of Parliament and that makes news content produced by news outlets available to persons in Canada.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2023

No doubt some media reports will take the ‘500,000 customers’ comment and run with it but nowhere here does it say that 500,000 lost access to one or more services. The problem is getting people to believe that the threats are real and not just another deterrent message that only applies to other people.

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