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Court to Revisit Fair Use in Tattoo Infringement Case

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Photographer Jeff Sedlik filed the lawsuit in February 2021 , claiming that Von D infringed the copyright in his photo of Miles Davis by tattooing a reproduction of the image on her friend Blake Farmer’s arm and by displaying images of the tattoo on her social media accounts.

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2021 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I’ve posted a 2021 year-in-review post for emoji law , and I will post a separate Section 230 year-in-review soon. The extra cash flows from NFTs could spur new creative activity–a win for all of us. In 2021, governments lost several rulings over their online content moderation efforts. See, e.g., Kimsey v.

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Announcing the 2021 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I’m pleased to announce the 2021 edition of my Internet Law casebook, Internet Law: Cases & Materials. I’ve now framed it as a note about California’s consumer privacy laws. US case, which overwrote most of my prior note on Nosal and Power Ventures. Note About Fair Use. Register.com v. 512 [[link].

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Announcing the 2022 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

You might also check out (1) my Internet Law course page , which includes a quarter-century of syllabi and old exams with sample answers, (2) my article on “ Teaching Cyberlaw ,” (3) my blog post on teaching Internet Law as an online-only course , and (4) my Canvas modules for my Fall 2021 online-only course. Note About Fair Use.

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Kat Von D, Think Before You Ink

IPilogue

Back on February 7, 2021, award-winning professional photographer Jeffrey B. Sedlik claims that Kat Von D infringed the copyright protection of his iconic photograph of world-famous jazz musician Miles Davis (“Davis”) when she tattooed the image onto a client’s body without authorization and posted photos of the tattoo on social media.

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My “Summer” 2022 Activities

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I completed my last Internet Law class before Thanksgiving 2021 and had Spring semester off. That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Rulemaking , May 2022.

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2022 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

On the heels of the mandatory editorial transparency provisions in Florida and Texas’ social media censorship laws, the California legislature thought it could one-up those states by passing a law with at least 161 different disclosure requirements. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

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