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Ownership, Licensing, and Fair Use of Copyright for Webinars

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Although privacy invasion has been the main topic of discussion in this virtual context, there is another issue at hand: copyright infringement. Ownership of copyright in the lectures presented by the speakers. The post Ownership, Licensing, and Fair Use of Copyright for Webinars appeared first on Biswajit Sarkar Blog.

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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.

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If TOS Formation Fails, Bad Legal Outcomes Are Likely to Follow–Doe v. Roblox

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Contract Formation. Reminder: a second click is best practice because it reduces risk of contract formation failure, like what happens here). The court doesn’t specify what contract terms gap-fill in the TOS’s absence, but those default rules won’t be as favorable to Roblox as their TOS. ” Implications.

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Shielding Innovation: Understanding Copyright Protection for App Developers and Their Software

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However, this flourishing industry brings forth a multitude of legal challenges, encompassing privacy concerns and intellectual property protection. Copyright for these packages cannot be assigned to the app developer and the software thus developed should also operate within the terms of the license for their use.

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Can Facebook Stop Data Snarfers?–Meta v. BrandTotal

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Any legal policy that encourages data snarfing must simultaneously contend with the potentially anti-competitive and anti-social effects of preventing legitimate players from snarfing, along with the potentially massive privacy and security risks that data snarfers create. ” Oof. BrandTotal sought summary judgment that Section 3.2.3

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Departing Employees Rename Their Former Employers’ Facebook Account. That May Be a Problem–La Baguette v. Tito & Tita

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Breach of Contract : Plaintiffs only alleged a contract claim, based on breach of a non-compete, against the one defendant who had signed the non-compete. Defendants are free to flesh out their arguments regarding ownership of the Facebook page later in the case. __. Maryland enacted a social media privacy law in 2021.

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Once Again, LinkedIn Can’t Use CFAA To Stop Unwanted Scraping–hiQ v. LinkedIn

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court remains skeptical of LinkedIn’s privacy-based arguments: LinkedIn has no protected property interest in the data contributed by its users, as the users retain ownership over their profiles. With that said, the Ninth Circuit did some serious hand-waving on the privacy issues. Eric’s Comments.