Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Consider the wide swath of entities vital to disseminating others’ speech—bookstores, book publishers, essay-compilation editors, theaters, newspaper letters to the editor and op-eds, live television guest interviews, cable television operators offering cable channels, art shows, community bulletin boards, and comedy clubs, just to name a few.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2024

INTRODUCTION The entertainment and media sector is experiencing a continuous and increasing influence on social media with each passing day. However, between now and then social media influence also has some problems. One of the biggest obstacles is defamation.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2024

TikTok Pirates For example, when a viral clip from a TV series is making the rounds on social media platforms, one could argue that this serves as free advertising. They called for platforms like TikTok to actively detect and remove unauthorized film and television content,” the researchers recall.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A cryptocurrency company sues over social media slurs, a celebrity rapper feuds with a distiller over cognac, and a "no glasses" 3D television company gets a new temporary boss. Where else could all this happen but in Delaware's Court of Chancery?

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

On September 22, 2021, John Stossel, American libertarian journalist and television presenter, sued Meta Platforms Inc. To combat “fake news,” governments must carefully regulate social media content. Amin Hosseini is an IPilogue Writer and an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

s bid for a full-court review of a panel's split decision in favor of a Philadelphia-based television anchor who sued the social media giant over the unauthorized use of her photo on its site. The Third Circuit on Wednesday declined to grant Facebook Inc.'s

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Michael Geist

APRIL 14, 2023

And as for the payments from social media companies that the government insists are so essential that it has fought for years to include user content regulation in the bill? However, from a cultural perspective, the two sectors are not interchangeable, and the loss of Canadian-produced television shows will greatly impact the industry.

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Michael Geist

MAY 18, 2023

To pick just one of many examples, the Commission is consulting on the meaning of “social media service”: Q5. How should the Commission define “social media service”? What, if any, criteria should be used to assess whether an online undertaking is providing a social media service?

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Michael Geist

APRIL 4, 2023

The vote has sparked heated debates on social media, including mistaken insistence by some that the bill does not affect user content (it clearly does) or that it will censor what Canadians can say online (it will not). The bill continues with Section 4.2, which gives the CRTC the instructions for creating those regulations.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2023

Subscription television is even more expensive and often demands longer-term commitments people simply can’t afford. 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.

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IPilogue

JULY 28, 2022

Record labels, like several companies, have turned to TikTok and other social media platforms to market their products. Since radio and television have mostly lost their influence among the younger generation, it is important for record labels to utilise social media platforms, like TikTok to engage their fanbase.

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Patently-O

MAY 19, 2022

I previously wrote about the Texas Social Media Censorship Law known as HB20. “Allowing HB20 to go into effect will cause social media platforms to alter their content moderation practices in ways that will harm the public interest.” NetChoice, LLC v. ” EFF, Wikimedia, et al.:

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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. Big tech was treated as a policy ATM to fund policy objectives such as film and television production or the news sector.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2019, LaLiga launched an investigation into a website advertised on social media that was being used to illegally market football content plus other material belonging to a “well-known” on-demand television platform. According to police sources, the site offered subscriptions to illegal IPTV and CCCAM services.

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Patently-O

JUNE 1, 2022

The most recent news in this case is that a 5-4 Supreme Court has sided against Texas–issuing an emergency order to reinstitute the preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Social Media Censorship law known as HB20. The State of Texas enacted HB20 to regulate large social media platforms (>50 million users).

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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.” The managing director declared “[a]t the time that I chose the name Peaky Blinder, I had never heard of [Plaintiff’s] Peaky Blinders television program.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The book examines how the advertising, merchandising, film and television, and sports video-games industries use persona as a key component of their products. Chapter seven discusses the film and television industry, followed by reality sports video games in chapter eight.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 20, 2023

When they make money from these activities, social media companies must be obliged to reinvest in our creators and into local content creation. The specific use case: The amendment could also fail to achieve its own stated purpose to capture commercial sound recordings broadcast by social media platforms. Section 4.1(2)

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TorrentFreak

JULY 22, 2022

In 2022, many people are exposed to these subscriptions through friends or the marvels of social media. Armed with a web browser and a little patience, it’s now possible for novices to have a pirate IPTV subscription up and running in no time. But for many, it’s even more simple than that.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 19, 2024

Instead of focusing on alleged hacking practices, the company led with Jack Valenti’s ‘Boston Strangler’ analogy, part of an all-out effort by television and movie producers to stop a groundbreaking new technology. Microsoft filed a separate motion to dismiss. Hollywood was ultimately unable to stop the VCR.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In late October, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta , signaling a shift of the social media giant’s focus toward the metaverse , a virtual space where social media, gaming, augmented reality, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies converge and allow people to interact virtually with one another.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 14, 2024

Commissioned by the Attorney-General’s Department, the research aims to better understand internet users’ consumption habits, across five key content types – Television, Movies/Film, Music, Video Games, and Live Sport – and track changes in behavior over time. Free streaming websites – 7% (No change vs 2022) 2.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

The court explains this and other differences from Aereo: “Aereo involved a system designed for the sole purpose of transmitting the subject content and which had no plausible utility, in that configuration, other than the transmission of that content, whereas X/Twitter is a social media site with a range of potential uses.”

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 6, 2024

Many of the large social media platforms stick to these rules but, according to a lawsuit filed by several prominent music companies last year, X is not among them. law, online service providers must respond to takedown notices and implement a meaningful policy to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

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IPilogue

JULY 23, 2021

It is hosted by Cesie and Angela, two practicing attorneys and reality television fans. They examine and discuss the lawsuits and legal disputes of reality television personalities. This podcast series will definitely appeal to a more niche audience. My favourite episode is Jurassic Patents, where Volpe Koenig attorney and Ph.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

Finally, it points out Viacom is the owner of three valid trademark registrations for the KRUSTY KRAB mark and 400 copyright registrations covering “creative aspects of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise,” including episodes from the animated television series, movies, drawings, and stylebooks featuring artwork from the franchise.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2024

Russia-based trio Rapidgator (file-hosting), RuTracker (torrents) and VK, the largest social media platform in Russia, also maintain their spots. The Pirate Bay is present once again, and the same is true for streaming giant Fmovies and academic research repository Sci-Hub. After an unexplained absence in 2021, YTS.mx

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2024

The organiser of televised motor sport events called "Monster Jam" owned the trade mark "El TORO LOCO", and brought an action against another show that featured a monster truck named “EI TORO Del FUEGO”. The Tribunal held that there was both trade mark and copyright infringement.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

Of those who watched live matches, 90% did so from home, with television the medium of choice for 96% of respondents. Around one in five football fans watched at least one match on a smartphone, with 14% and 7% viewing on computers and tablets, respectively.

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IPilogue

JUNE 22, 2022

In the age of streaming, social media, and subscription-based entertainment platforms, critics have called for amendments to Canada’s Broadcasting Act , which was last updated in 1991 – long before the internet we know today materialized. Emily Chow is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Barlow and Bear went on to become viral sensations on social media and Grammy-winning artists (2022 Best Musical Theatre Album) for their production. Netflix has responded that “ Barlow & Bear’s conduct began on social media, but stretches ‘fan fiction’ well past its breaking point. District Court in D.C.

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Michael Geist

AUGUST 24, 2023

Even without open licensing, the CBC should embrace all distribution channels – including search and social media – not in the misguided hope of payment for links, but because that free distribution enhances the CBC’s value to Canadians and thereby makes the case for its continued public funding.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

. “Tusa is the individual responsible for, and he directly operated, managed, and ultimately profited from, the willful infringement of Plaintiffs’ copyrights in their movies and television shows…through a string of unauthorized movie and television streaming services.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Under handles including “Omi in a Hellcat” and “Targetin1080p” Carrasquillo publicized almost everything he did on social media, from selling pirate subscriptions and devices, to banking the mountains of cash he undoubtedly made from the service.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

“The Infringing Service delivered Video Content, including television shows and movies, to subscribers to the Infringing Service, in exchange for payment,” it reads. This was achieved by subscribing to their residential cable television services in a variety of locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, California and New York.

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43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2022

1 Joint & Muscle Spray and Cream Topical Pain Relief Brand” on: (1) its Australian website; (2) social media; and (3) Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) athletes’ clothing in matches televised in the United States. It also used radio and television outlets in select US markets.

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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. But his surprise isn’t what is important or requires comment.

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