Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Traditional journalism organizations and digital-native social media networks alike face a formidable challenge – more and more, people trust information less and less. NewsGuard rates the credibility of news and information websites and tracks online misinformation for search engines, social media apps, and advertisers.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

And particularly, as all things in IP and technology law are proving to be, developing knowledge and familiarity with data and privacy, the Internet and disruptive technology is worthwhile – not just for a career in IP law, but also for any person using social media in the digital age.

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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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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government envisions Google and Meta paying at least 4% of search or social media revenues in Canada for a minimum of $234 million. The regulations only require that “some” of the money be spent on journalism and its approach to fair compensation means that the CBC is likely the biggest beneficiary.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

7) Governments loot Google and Facebook under the pretense of “saving” journalism. 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. StopTheSADScheme.

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Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property Journal Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

A growing problem across social media platforms is the rise of the Dupe Influencer. Dupe influencers are influencers who use their social media accounts to promote fakes of sought-after designer products.[1] Background What is a Dupe Influencer?

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Finally today, Nick Hytrek at the Sioux City Journal reports that former United States Representative Steve King is facing a trial over his use of a popular meme during a reelection campaign. As part of his reelection campaign, he used the meme on various social media platforms, prompting Laney to file the lawsuit.

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Michael Geist

MAY 9, 2023

Moreover, the existing deals with Canadian media outlets will be placed at risk as the company’s exit from news sharing is likely to also accelerate an end to the support programs and private deals.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 1, 2022

Traditional journalism organizations and digital-native social media networks alike face a formidable challenge – breaking through the cloud of misinformation and overcoming doubt and suspicion. In June, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters became the latest members of the CAI community.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 17, 2022

Traditional journalism organizations and digital-native social media networks alike face a formidable challenge—breaking through the cloud of misinformation and overcoming doubt and suspicion. In June, The Wall Street Journal and Reuters became the latest members of the CAI community. Reprinted with permission.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

2: Rapper Nonini Goes After Social Media Influencer in Legal Battle. Next up today, Amos Robi at Pule reports that, in Kenya, musician Hubert Mbuku Nakitare (Nonini) has accused a local media influencer of unlawfully using one of his song as part of an advertisement for an electronics manufacturer.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 25, 2024

Everyone in the space is familiar with journal publications and using databases like PubMed and SciFinder. We have all had the experience of finding articles that intrigue us when we are browsing mainstream media sources, sites like the Wall Street Journal, for example. The same is true of corporate press releases.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Wide impact of Multimedia and Social media Multimedia is a much broader concept consisting of text, sounds, audio-video, images, graphics etc. Also, the privacy and security matters on the social media make it much difficult to prevent the duplication of copyrighted works. 2019 SCC Online Del 8002 Disney Enterprise inc.

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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

If Trudeau was surprised, then he has not been paying attention, as the possibility of removing links to news articles in search results or social media has been an obvious consequence of a bill that mandates payments for links. That isn’t funding journalism or journalists.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

However, Newton’s report comes as the Wall Street Journal is also examining Facebook’s efforts to block plagiarized and pirated content. According to the Wall Street Journal, though several researchers at Facebook proposed ways to decrease the reach of such content, those proposals were “deprioritized” by Mark Zuckerberg.

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Michael Geist

JULY 5, 2023

Meta and Google both expressed concern with the Bill C-18 approach of mandated payments for links from day one, but floated their willingness to support the media sector with different policy approaches such as contributions to a journalism fund. Why were the other models that would have directly supported journalism rejected?

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 22, 2022

In October 2021, data scientist and former product manager of a well-known social media platform dropped a bombshell when she leaked internal documents to the Wall Street Journal, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Congress. Later, she testified before the US Senate. By: Dentons

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 17, 2021

There is the usual Conservative questions for the CBC and a plan to end media support through the labour tax credit and local journalism initiatives that some will jump on, but the digital policy similarities outweigh the differences. User generated content and social media sites would be exempt.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 27, 2022

However, small news outlets that rely on social media would be hard hit. Government programs have been worth tens of millions of dollars to Canada’s media giants, including Postmedia, which alone has received over $26 million from the federal journalism tax credit over the past four years.

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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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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

The categorization of social media accounts into “business” and “personal” accounts was a hot issue a decade ago, when states across the country passed laws to protect employees from invasive employer demands to access or control their personal social media accounts. See Musk, Elon).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2022

I’ve posted a draft of my latest article, “ The Constitutionality of Mandating Editorial Transparency ,” forthcoming in the Hastings Law Journal later this year. The article highlights two such laws, the Florida and Texas social media censorship laws, but the phenomenon is pervasive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Her inability to control social media accounts referencing her reminded me of the Hayley Paige Gutman litigation , and I will say more about this issue when I blog the JW Dant bourbon case. Courier Journal. If you’re selling your personality rights, make sure you understand the implications!!! Case citation : Coscarelli v.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 8, 2023

Ironically, had it opted for a journalism fund model in the bill, the platforms likely would have cooperated.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 1, 2022

Under the new rules, online platforms – such as social media and marketplaces – will have to take measures to protect their users from illegal content, goods and services. The background to the DSA and the opinion of the European Copyright Society on the initial proposal are discussed in an earlier post ( here ).

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Michael Geist

JUNE 28, 2023

I know that many will dismiss Facebook as a news source, but mainstream sources like Le Devoir say that 30% of their traffic comes from social media sites like Facebook. None of this should as a surprise, but the harm will be significant. Unfortunately, that approach seems unlikely as the tough talk will surely continue.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Knowledge derived from the spaces left between articles and journals? . This is no longer the province of social media junkies, but increasingly concerns researchers: what if I am missing something because I don’t have enough data to mine? Knowledge formed by connecting ideas and concepts? . But, more worryingly, it is often?

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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2021

The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) has announced an open call for submissions by direct email to editor@jptos.org or Scholastica. The winning essay will be published in Common Market Law Review and will also receive a monetary prize of 500 euros.

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Corsearch

APRIL 19, 2023

Read insights from fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger and a leading social media consultant on how brands can raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeits and turn this into a positive message for change. Increasingly, Gen Z uses social media to purchase branded goods.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2023

Supervising communication strategy of the programme’s work and activities to various audiences through reports, outreach materials, social media, updates for newsletters, blogs, and websites etc. Assist in the planning and supervision of on-going interventions and research projects of CIIPC.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 17, 2021

Senator Simons appears on my podcast this week and she rightly notes that no matter ones view of this bill, it has sparked discussion and public debate on the future of media and journalism in Canada, which is something we all should welcome. This creates harms several ways. I look forward to your questions.

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Velocity of Content

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

NewsGuard is a journalism and technology tool that rates the credibility of news and information websites and tracks online misinformation for search engines, social media apps, and advertisers. Click below to listen to the latest episode of the Velocity of Content podcast. Beware the “New Google” (And Much More).

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It submitted 14 social media posts “which it contends shows consumers and retailers attributed a particular source to Defendants’ liquor and Plaintiff’s television show.” There was also coverage by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Rolling Stone, Variety, Vox, and Mashable.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Constitutionality of Mandating Editorial Transparency , 73 Hastings Law Journal 1203 (2022). Will California Clone-and-Revise Some Terrible Ideas from Florida/Texas’ Social Media Censorship Laws? Big Ruling for Free Speech: Most of Florida’s Social Media Censorship Law (SB 7072) Remains Enjoined–NetChoice v.

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Art Law Journal

APRIL 20, 2021

The post Preparing your Artist Network for New Opportunities appeared first on Art Business Journal. Developing an artist network builds camaraderie within your local community and enhances the possibility of landing new opportunities.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It relied on: the number of monthly unique visitors to the website and minutes spent on the site; the number of followers of its social media accounts; the appearance of celebrities on the digital covers of SELF; its accolades and awards; mentions in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times; and confidentially-provided (..)

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