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Third Circuit follows Second in protecting medical journals against trade libel claims

43(B)log

24, 2023) Courts in particular kinds of false advertising cases say that scientific claims are not falsifiable, even as the majority of workaday false advertising claims involving scientific fact are (correctly) treated as falsifiable. American Soc’y of Anesthesiologists, Inc., 4th -, 2023 WL 2621131, No. 22-1411 (3d Cir.

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More Free Money: Media Lobby Campaigning For Even More Government Funding, Grants and Tax Reform

Michael Geist

The effort, which is seemingly designed to ensure that government funding or regulation cover the entire cost of news, focuses on extending grants , expanding provincial tax credits , and overhauling the tax treatment of ad spending. the first target.

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Why the Online News Act is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem, Part Two: Encouraging Clickbait and Low Quality Journalism With No “News Content” Standards

Michael Geist

Yet the bill is so broad that it covers content far beyond the journalism that the government purportedly seeks to support. For example, there is no reference to journalism (professional or otherwise), suggesting that the bill could be used by bloggers or almost anyone reporting on content involving events of public interest.

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Contextual advertising and the right of publicity

43(B)log

22, 2021) This case should be of interest to people working on contextual advertising. Yet plaintiffs are suing Vogue , because Vogue has an agreement with the website Moda Operandi to link from Vogue to Moda if anyone wants to purchase the designer clothes featured in Vogue online stories. In one way, it's a replay of the Stewart v.

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3 Count: Oof… Again

Plagiarism Today

This required Roblox designers to pay $1 (or 100 Robux) to include the sound effect in their creations. 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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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward.

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How Did News Media Canada Get Bill C-18? The Lobbying Records Tell the Story

Michael Geist

After obtaining hundreds of millions in taxpayer support with programs such as the Local Journalism Initiative (made permanent in Budget 2022), the Journalism Labour Tax Credit, and the Digital Subscription Tax Credit, the organization set its sights on the Internet platforms. Designated Public Office Holders. 2022-04-14.