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Another Confused Entry in the Social Media Account Ownership Jurisprudence–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

For background, check out my post on the district court’s ruling here: “ Social Media Ownership Disputes Part II: Bridal Wear Company Takes Back Control of Instagram Account from Ex-Employee ”. It did not specifically address ownership of social media accounts. Gutman signed an employment agreement with JLM. This was erroneous.

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Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who’s on First?

IPilogue

The following is a preview of a paper to be published in the Intellectual Property Journal. . Something has recently gone awry with the law of copyright ownership in a movie or other film — a “cinematographic work”, as s. Part I of the Act deals with the ownership of copyright in works. 2 of the Copyright Act RSC 1985, c.

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Viral TikTok Music Trends as Low-Cost Marketing – Who gets to choose how and when a song is released?

IPilogue

This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. But what are the legal underpinnings that tie Halsey’s (and other artists’) ownership and control of their music? In a 1998 journal article by Raymond T.

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The Contents of Global Privacy Law Review, Volume 05, Issue 1, 2024

Kluwer Copyright Blog

We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions: Javier Torre de Silva y López de Letona, The Right to Scrape Data on the Internet: From the US Case hiQLabs, Inc. LinkedIn Corp.

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Study on Copyright and Scientific Publications: Encouraging Access and Re-use

Kluwer Copyright Blog

National copyright contract rules imposing limitations on the licensing of copyright in future works may obstruct OA mandates. Should problems emerge, a solution could be provided in the – also unharmonised – rules on the first ownership of copyright of scientific publications. Recommendations.

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Introducing a zero-embargo Secondary Publication Right in Bulgaria

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Copyright in a work made for hire resides in the author of the work, unless the commission contract provides otherwise.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

However, the appellate court seems to invalidate that six-factor test: “Determining he ownership of social-media accounts is indeed a relatively novel exercise, but that novelty does not warrant a new six-factor test.” The next step is to determine whether ownership ever transferred to another party.