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Social Media Giants and Copyright: Instagram’s Ninth Circuit Win Sets Precedent Against Photographers

The IP Law Blog

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of “embedding” content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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Social Media Giants and Copyright: Instagram’s Ninth Circuit Win Sets Precedent Against Photographers

LexBlog IP

By: Weintraub Tobin Summer Associate Josh Concepcion The Ninth Circuit recently revisited the issue of “embedding” content by a website and its implication for copyright infringement claims. the website displaying that copyrighted image cannot be held liable for infringement.

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Instagram and Facebook Users Are Engaging in Copyright Infringement?!

IPilogue

If you have ever incorporated music into your Instagram or Facebook videos, you may have committed copyright infringement. They claimed that Meta, on its social media platforms, has stolen hundreds of their content. However, they emphasize that only subscribers are authorized to use their content.

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A Lady Whistledown-Worthy Scandal!

IPilogue

Fans expressed their love for the show various ways on social media. However, one musical duo exceeded the fan-generated content standards. Netflix argued that this is a direct violation of US copyright law , which provides that only copyright holders have the exclusive right to monetize and create derivative works of their IP.

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Government Gets the Law Wrong as it Finally Makes the Case Why it is Rejecting the Bill C-11 User Content Regulation Fix

Michael Geist

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.

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Metaverse And The Changing Dynamics Of IP Law

Intepat

The conventional internet and social media, as we know it, is referred to as the Web2.0 Content-based industries such as music, advertising, movies, gaming, luxury, clothing, etc., – Audio-Visual Elements? • Protection of IP rights – How do we protect content/work generated in the metaverse?

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NASCAR Fan-Friendly Copyright Claims Needed Extra Boost to Pacify Fans

TorrentFreak

Recurring news that another established and popular content creator faces copyright issues on YouTube is something the world will have to get used to. Two screenshots, featuring copyright claims against a long list of his older videos, were headed by, “I’m getting too old for this.” What About Fair Use?