Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 29, 2023

The Texas social media censorship law remains temporarily enjoined by the Fifth Circuit pending Supreme Court review, but Davis couldn’t wait. Davis claimed that Texas’ social media censorship law preempted the TOS venue clause. [FN: That was presumably the number when the complaint was filed. July 26, 2023).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

All of the submitters are repeat players from the Florida litigation. This is why I see the Texas and Florida litigation as a generational battle over the Internet’s soul–and the future of free speech. Paxton, the Challenge to Texas’ Social Media Censorship Law appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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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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IP Law 360

MARCH 23, 2023

A recent proliferation of false or hoax social media content has targeted public figures and corporate accounts, and for plaintiffs seeking redress there are three types of claims that may be less-risky alternatives to defamation and libel litigation, say Charles Schafer and Ross Kloeber at Sidley.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Her latest trash lawsuit claimed that social media, the government, and Procter & Gamble were all doing the RICO against her. With respect to the social media services’ status as publishers, the court says: the plaintiff’s RICO claims depend on Twitter and Facebook’s acting as publishers. The complaint.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Plaintiffs CAN’T WAIT to sue Internet services using the Texas social media censorship law. Nevertheless, the plaintiffs argued that the law “evidences a strong public policy to protect Texans from wrongful censorship on social media platforms.” But surprise! I hope it doesn’t.

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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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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Following Elon Musk’s bold rebrand of social media platform Twitter, the many lawsuits that have been expected have begun to roll in. In what is said to be the first, X Social Media, LLC has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, charging Musk’s X Corp.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 2, 2022

Much of the language was written well before widespread adoption of social media, and much of that language was vague even then. Though litigation in this space is becoming more common, there still is not a great deal and much of what we have seen has been against internet service providers, such as Cox Communications.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 7, 2024

Introduction - Each week on the Case of the Week I choose a recent decision in ediscovery and talk to you about the practical applications of that case and what you need to be thinking about as you conduct discovery of ESI. By: Association of Certified E-Discovery

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Each of these lawsuits involved a familiar scenario, putting Hadid squarely in the “ I got sued for posting pictures of myself on social media ” club—a club that’s now about as exclusive as a Sam’s Club membership. But this time, Hadid didn’t settle or litigate. She didn’t even hire a lawyer.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 28, 2025

That Keighin was a prolific streamer on YouTube, Discord, Twitch, TikTok, Trovo, Kick, Vaughn, Dlive, Picarto, Nimo, Facebook, and Loco, ensures social media reach with serious potential, although maybe not for a while. I write to remind you of your duty to preserve such evidence.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 27, 2025

Michael Christin, another trial attorney at the DoJ, went into great detail on the Jetflix case, discussing various challenges his team faced while litigating the case. ” Marissa Bostick, Head of Global Litigation at the Motion Picture Association (MPA) , also sees a combination of increased professionalism and brazenness.

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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. This happens all the time.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 4, 2022

Both sides took to social media, with Dash claiming that “You have to lose some battles to win a war… Stay tuned” hinting at a possible appeal. For a time, Malibu Media was one of the most prolific copyright litigants in the world. A jury has now ruled in that case and sided with Muddy Water Pictures.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 20, 2023

InvesTrex LLC, the patent holder for an "investor social networking website," continued its litigation spree in Delaware federal court with a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc.,

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

The screenshots are also excused: “Single still-frame screenshots from videos posted on social media platforms, which make up a very small fraction of the original video, are generally considered to constitute de minimis use and fall below the substantial similarity threshold.” Lynk Media LLC v. IHeartMedia, Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 3, 2025

One Piece ‘Pirates’ on X This week the manga mogul was back in court, requesting a DMCA subpoena from another American intermediary, Elon Musk’s social media platform X. In this case, the account holders are suspected infringers at the center of potential copyright litigation. These cases are filed in the U.S.

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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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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. I will have a more complete analysis of the cases soon.

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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Two More Courts Tell Litigants That Social Media Services Aren’t State Actors. Anti-Zionist Loses Lawsuit Over Social Media Account Suspensions–Martillo v. Are Social Media Services “State Actors” or “Common Carriers”? One More Time: Facebook Isn’t a State Actor–Atkinson v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Chicken Joe’s, an Albany NY-based restaurant “reposted” @WGNAFM’s post, which apparently included the photo in question, to its “social media” page. Breitbart , the court says that “reposting” on “social media” is enough to find copyright infringement in a default judgment.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It has cratered into a fireball of litigation that doomed the restaurant chain (e.g., It’s so complicated that the judge made an appendix recapping the status of dozens of claims: This post focuses on a sliver of the sprawling litigation empire. this article ) and is now generating truckloads of cash for many lawyers.

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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. After 8 years of litigation, the case ends on essentially a procedural technicality (an important one, but still…). Two of those cases, Gonzalez v.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Post after post after post, across numerous websites and social media platforms, alleging that Mr. Willison was a sociopathic criminal. A business associate had mentioned that Mr. Willison might want to Google himself, as some odd search results were appearing. And there they were.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In response, Meta filed a motion for dismissal under FRCP rule 12(b)(6) and requested that the case be dismissed under California’s laws governing strategic litigation against public participation (“SLAPP”). To combat “fake news,” governments must carefully regulate social media content.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 11, 2021

Not only does fashion enjoy very limited copyright protection in the United States, but Stein is a Chinese company, making any litigation even more difficult. Examples of this can be found almost every time a dress or fashion accessory becomes popular, whether on social media or at various events. Bottom Line.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

The court disagrees: Even assuming the Association’s content was indeed demoted in search results and on social media platforms, the technology companies may have taken those actions for any number of reasons unrelated to Representative Schiff. Case citation : Association of American Physicians and Surgeons v. January 25, 2022).

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2022

Since no mortal can compete with Big Tech’s big bucks and their control of social media, and the media in general, the only lever remaining is delivering votes back home, or more importantly, delivering those votes to candidates who commit to supporting HR 5874.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Fitbit and others defeated a pair of appeals on Friday in patent litigation over ideas involving programming automatic social media posts, with the Federal Circuit ruling to reject arguments that a California federal judge should have decided patent suits differently and should have recused herself anyway because of her husband's ties to Fitbit parent (..)

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 17, 2024

A lawsuit accusing University of Mississippi football coach Lane Kiffin of copyright infringement over a social media post was thrown out by a Mississippi federal judge, who scolded the plaintiff for making Kiffin the latest stop on his "traveling litigation show.''

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

The victims sued social media companies for allegedly radicalizing the shooter by exposing him to third-party content. You may recall the 2022 Buffalo mass-shooting , which was committed by a murderer responding to the “ Great Replacement Theory.”

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Posting copyrighted images or photos on your website or social media. Using a copyrighted song, or portion of a song, in a presentation, at an event, on your website, or on social media. Modifying an image or photo and using it in a presentation, brochure, on your website, or on social media.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 20, 2024

A good example comes from a case I litigated years ago on behalf of Costco. The Bottom Line During the course of the litigation, Skiplagged stopped using American’s flight symbol logo on its website. Let me know in the comments below or @copyrightlately on social media.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2022

CNN argued that the Flynns’ social media activity shows they in fact are QAnon adherents. Still, given the possible dog whistles, I’m sure CNN’s lawyers will explore these social media statements in their depositions. The last sentence is surely true but shouldn’t dispose of the matter.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 10, 2022

Defendants also managed the social media presence of the “La Baguette” business, which primarily consisted of a Facebook page. Moore, Find Out Who Your Friends Are: A Framework for Determining Whether Employees’ Social Media Followers Follow Them to A New Job, 39 CAMPBELL L. See generally, Christopher A.

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