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California’s Proposed Fix to the Journalism Crisis Is Unconstitutional and Worse Than Socialism (Comments on the California Journalism Protection Act, CJPA)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

California’s latest entry into this Internet death-spiral is the California Journalism Protection Act (CJPA, AB 886). The CJPA engages with a critical problem in our society: how to ensure the production of socially valuable journalism in the face of the Internet’s changes to journalists’ business models?

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Digitalization And Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

It has opened wide range of facilities for us like entertainment, education, advertisements, communication etc. The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination.

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Guide for influencer advertisement

Olartemoure Blog

On August 21, 2023, the Advertising Guide for Influencers of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF). Among the suggestions in the guide are: E Advertising must be clear, truthful and without misleading information.

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Bliss Brands (Pty) Ltd v Advertising Regulatory Board NPC & others: Advertising regulatory code under constitutional scrutiny

The IPKat

Late in May, a High Court in South Africa delivered judgment in Bliss Brands (Pty) Ltd v Advertising Regulatory Board NPC & Others , on the issue of the extent of the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board (‘ARB’) in matters relating to trade mark and copyright laws. you are not one of us! [An the public).

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Robojournalism – A Copyright Study on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the European News Industry

Kluwer Copyright Blog

One such field is journalism. This research project seeks to fill that gap in literature by turning to the application of AI in the specific field of journalism and copyright law. Copyright and journalism – the status quo. The buzz around AI-generated outputs seems to never stop. Technological perspective.

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The Bill C-18 Reality: Everyone Loses When the Government Mandates Payments for Links

Michael Geist

It's about them reselling the data from your online activity to advertisers. I’ll conclude this post by again reiterating that opposition to Bill C-18 does not mean opposing tech regulation or support for journalism. It's not about the clicks. And news content matters.

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Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Six: CBC Eligibility Harms News Competition and Its Public Interest Mandate

Michael Geist

Indeed, critics will rightly note the market distortion it creates for private entities who stand to lose further advertising-related revenues to the CBC, while supporters should be concerned that the bill undermines the CBC’s claim to a public interest role and makes an ad-free version of the service even less likely.