IPilogue

JULY 4, 2022

On May 25 th , Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) published a report – “a global investigation of the education technology (EdTech) endorsed by 49 governments for children’s education during the pandemic.” Part 2 will discuss the HRW report’s recommendations and the initiatives being taken to address the risks that EdTech poses to child privacy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

2, 2022): Nor does personal jurisdiction arise out of the Film Defendants’ so-called “advertising strategy,” which allegedly “featured a significant push on social media[ ] targeting Washington, DC residents via Instagram and Facebook.” targeted social media advertising. “ Privacy. * ” * Williams v.

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IPilogue

JUNE 1, 2022

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, academic discussions indicated that artificial intelligence (AI) would signify the fourth industrial revolution with tangible economic benefits and potential privacy concerns. Nowadays, privacy concerns exceed personal information protection. . Employers (?25

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IPilogue

JULY 16, 2021

Reports of racial bias and Canadian privacy law violations weaken the argument for implementing FRT. On June 10, 2021, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (“OPC”) issued a 29-page report on FRT and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) -related surveillance as it pertains to the Canadian public. What is Clearview?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

Furthermore, the age authentication process would expose both under-18s and adults to extra privacy and security risks. The bill regulates “social media platforms,” defined as an “electronic medium” that allows “users to create, share, and view user?generated What The Bill Says. generated content.”

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 23, 2023

Italian authorities are reporting that officers of the Special Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Rome have carried out a new operation against pirate IPTV.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

This was originally published by Esports Insider on June 24, 2021. The world of competitive video gaming implicates a complicated patchwork of privacy laws, and esports companies need to keep in mind some key issues when assessing privacy and cybersecurity obligations. Collecting information. Using information.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2023

The patent system enables the protection of innovative ideas, and newly published patent applications provide a glimpse into the future of technology and innovation. In this edition of #InterestingPatents, we look at Meta’s new patent: Generating Customized, Personalized Reactions to Social Media Content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408 , “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” This bill assumes that social media platforms are intentionally addicting kids, so it creates business-ending liability to thwart those alleged addictions. What the Bill Says.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2023

For reasons that make absolutely no sense while somehow making perfect sense, millions of internet users think that social media platforms are perfect for piracy. Nevertheless, the masses love quick and easy so in common with similar platforms everywhere, social media has a piracy problem.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Kogan made a similar post to her account : MedSpa and Kogan published the photo other times as well. If he is, either the clinic is violating medical privacy rules or 50 Cent consented to the disclosure, and that consent could potentially extend to the photo. So what exactly are they probative of? Case Citation : Jackson v.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 27, 2022

The majority of these challenges were raised by media houses and media / journalist associations against Part III or provisions falling under Part III of the IT Rules, 2021, viz. the part of the Rules dealing with / governing publishers of online curated content and publishers of news and current affairs content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

” Publisher/Speaker Claims. The allegations expressly referenced the publication function, always a tipoff: “Counts VII and VIII allege that Match Defendants ‘published Plaintiff Alberts’ images, private activities, likeness, voice and/or identity on. Tinder social media channels.'”

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 11, 2023

These contract law provisions, totally alien to the Irish legal tradition, are designed to apply in negotiations and contractual relationships between artists and commercial exploiters of their works, including social media platforms and streaming services.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 23, 2023

This is particularly true for small, independent and digital-first outlets that often rely on social media to develop readership and establish community. Indeed, the publishers know the value of Facebook since they are the ones that post the majority of links to their own articles. It was that it pursued the wrong regulation.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2023

The use of generative AI tools is much like how users use the Internet or social media. ” Like other forms of technology that have developed in the past, there are serious implications with the use of generative AI on individuals’ privacy.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Publishing is, of course, one of the core copyright industries – if not the core industry historically associated with copyright. IP law in publishing, especially at The Globe – who is known for being an early provider of digital media and device-agnostic content delivery – goes far beyond copyright infringement and litigation.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 23, 2024

For Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere, pre-release leaks are unacceptable. Cognosphere obtains the latter to compel online platforms, typically social media companies, to hand over whatever information they hold on alleged infringers. 512(c)(3)(A)(v).” ” Basis for Dispute: X Corp. “X Corp. For X Corp.,

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Earlier this week, I attended an excellent talk with Frances Haugen, the well-known Facebook whistleblower, who delivered a compelling case that the social media giant, driven by profit maximization, consistently errs on the side of technical choices that keeps users engaged, angry, and on the platform, often at an enormous societal cost.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

As artificial intelligence, also known as “AI” becomes more of a household word, it is worth pointing out not only how cool it can be, but also how some uses raise privacy concerns. Examples of this are evident in the massive explosion of smartphones and social media.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2021

2021 has seen the emergence of a litigation genre against “yearbook” database vendors that publish old yearbooks online. In particular, they are having some success bending Section 230, and this genre offers some interesting considerations for folks paying attention to the privacy/230 borders. Ancestry , Knapke v.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 2, 2023

The Globe and Mail told the Senate this week it could result in millions in lost revenues, while others advised that somewhere between 17-30% of their traffic comes from social media such as Facebook. Given ongoing concerns with privacy and other issues, there are unsurprisingly few fans of Facebook right now.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Facebook had a rough week on many fronts, including the publishing of “The Facebook Files” by the Wall Street Journal, segments on CBS Sunday Morning , the revelation of on 60 Minutes of Frances Haugen as the whistleblower, and culminating with the testimony of the whistleblower before Congress.

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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). Also, I am not focusing on how people make money on YouTube.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

At the same time, it would devastate all other social media services that use “friends” or “followers” as part of the content delivery mechanism. At its core, this bill is really a privacy bill misplaced in Section 230. Which of these alternative outcomes do the bill supporters want?

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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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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In 2020, Amazon teamed up with publisher Penguin Random House and authors including John Grisham, Scott Turow and Lee Child to sue several pirate ‘Kiss Library’ eBook sites operating out of Ukraine. As a result, authors and the publishing industry as a whole hemorrhage large amounts of revenue each year,” they write.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

” Publisher/Speaker Claims. Internet Brands , 230 applies to the failure-to-warn claims because “Plaintiffs’ theory would require the editing of third-party content, thus treating Defendants as a publisher of content.” . “Plaintiffs do not meaningfully challenge Defendants’ status.” 2023 U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2024

The court doesn’t see that either: The CDA is inapplicable because Plaintiff’s BIPA claims do not treat Amazon’s conduct as publishing. Rather, BIPA imposes legally distinct duties to make certain disclosures and obtain consent before obtaining or using biometric information. The court shrugs its shoulders.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A few days before we published that report, Google had just processed its seven billionth removal request, having reached six billion less than a year earlier. Social media platform Facebook also reports huge numbers of takedowns to the EC. Those listed below represent just a small sample.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics) Rules place responsibility on the Social Media Intermediaries to ensure that no prohibited content is allowed to be published or circulated on their platforms.

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Corsearch

JULY 18, 2023

Millions across the globe have flocked to Instagram Threads – the newest social media platform on the block. As with Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and other social media platforms, businesses must be wary of bad actors targeting their brands and consumers with fake products and scams.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 6, 2023

The patent system enables the protection of innovative ideas, and newly published patent applications provide a glimpse into the future of technology and innovation. important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-642fc2d3335476755{position:

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 3, 2023

With a running time of just 15 seconds it’s certainly short, but if a campaign wanted to target social media and/or search engine users looking for something in particular, dropping in something like this would make perfect sense.

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Barry Sookman

APRIL 26, 2020

seals the deal on USMCA, says trade agreement can now take effect July 1 [link] 2020-04-25 Civil liberties group warns of 'invasion of privacy' after Ontario gives police COVID-19 test data [link] 2020-04-25 Meghan's privacy action against U.K. On Friday, April 24, MLI will be hostin… 2020-04-24 U.S.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

Further, it was alleged that they were diluting and tarnishing the brand by publishing AI-generated deepfake content using the said characters image and appearance across online platforms, including pornographic websites, which, the plaintiff argued, was detrimental to the overall reputation and goodwill amassed by the show over the years.

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