TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) publishes a list of ‘notorious markets’ that facilitate online piracy and related intellectual property crimes. 2022 Notorious Markets Review Yesterday, the USTR published its 2022 Review of Notorious Markets.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

The abstract: This paper summarizes the United States’ legal framework governing Internet “platforms” that publish third-party content. While I have written Section 230 explainers before ( this is my flagship ), this piece is broader because it surveys the First Amendment in addition to 230 and other topics.

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Michael Geist

MAY 16, 2022

Tech giants would fairly compensate Canadian journalists when they use their content. It is a market-based solution that involves minimal government intervention, and I think everyone in this place can agree on that. What does it mean to make news content available? a) the news content, or any portion of it, is reproduced; or.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 13, 2021

From 11-15 October, Frankfurt will offer its new Masterclasses, 60-minute lectures featuring insights into exciting future markets as well as topical issues in publishing.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2021

The court acknowledges the precedent applying the ADA to retailers’ websites, but it doesn’t extend to a standalone content website. Instead, judge simply says the Second Circuit hasn’t addressed the topic. Gannett appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The opinion cites the 2015 NFB v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

This is the second installment of a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. This second part explores the potential of property rights to increase bias in content moderation by looking at the topic from the perspective of Article 17 CDSM Directive.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 11, 2022

As part of an omnibus bill, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a troubling bill restricting how under-18 users engage with user-generated content (UGC) services. [At generated content.” What The Bill Says. The bill excludes “Internet search providers, Internet service providers, or e­mail.”

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Finnish market research company Taloustutkimus Oy has published its Copyright Barometer report for 2021. It aims to shine light on the content consumption trends of 15 to 79-year-olds and corresponding attitudes towards copyright and piracy. Legal and Pirated Consumption Both Increase.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Affiliate Marketers: Want to learn best practices, strategies, and tactics from a seasoned legal professional who works with businesses and regulators at the federal and state levels? Clients often seek my counsel on issues related to Affiliate Marketing legal disclaimers and disclosures. Affiliate Disclosure Content.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Imposing such a duty would “necessarily require [Defendants] to monitor third-party content,” e.g., in the form of requiring Defendants to ensure that each user’s post on their applications is traceable to a specifically identifiable person. Third-Party Content. ” To get around this, the plaintiffs cited Lemmon v. Despite Doe v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Thus, “the disputed attribution nevertheless is not a statement of objective fact about Mr. Stossel or his reporting, but rather the reviewer’s subjective interpretation of the Fire Video’s contents.” Meta appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Implications. What Does “Fact Check” Mean?

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The IPKat

MAY 1, 2022

The conference will cover the four main relevant thematic foundations of the fourth industrial revolution: Content, Economy, Security and People. The conference will provide attendees with insights on the latest market developments, as well as case law and regulators on this topic.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

About Mike Sweeney As an experienced attorney, Mike counsels brands on all aspects of brand and content protection in the digital space, with a particular focus on leveraging data-driven technology to combat counterfeiting. Targeted topics include IP infringement on fast-growing e-commerce platforms.

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Michael Geist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Changing market dynamics have also obviously changed the digital ad market, with more money moving toward companies such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon. But it is still relatively early in the process and the government should have been content to allow those programs to play out and judge the need for further measures afterward. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

Section 230(c)(1) provides immunity for claims based on third-party content. The court’s opinion breezes through most of these important and complicated topics, mostly due to the plaintiff’s pro se arguments and Section 230. Forge of Empires appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Innogames, 2022 U.S.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Delivered via TV, radio and the internet, public service announcements enlighten the masses on topics seemingly so complex, they’re only fully understood by the few. Online gambling within South Korea is outlawed, and government control in the rest of the market effectively amounts to a lucrative monopoly.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

This is one of several ideologically motivated lawsuits against YouTube for allegedly engaging in “discriminatory” content moderation. And the precedent is indeed stacked against any account termination or content removal plaintiffs. After 5 tries, the Divino LGBTQ lawsuit finally failed last month.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Before reading this post, read my new article, Online Account Terminations/Content Removals and the Benefits of Internet Services Enforcing Their House Rules. It explains why must-carry laws, including part of the Florida law, would accelerate the end of user-generated content. How is that not regulation of content moderation?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 11, 2022

YouTube is an incredible site with an unbelievable amount of content covering every conceivable topic. Readily accessible on Github and via its own domain , ReVanced wasted no time filling the gap in the market with a widely appreciated end application. But it’s certainly not perfect.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 6, 2023

Piracy is a complicated phenomenon but most consumer research surveys on the topic are relatively straightforward. This included a question where they had to estimate how many times they downloaded or streamed pirated content over the past week; if they pirated at all. This is a basic question that regularly appears in piracy surveys.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

The court disagrees: Doe does not seek to treat Roblox as a publisher or speaker of the user-generated content. Google loot box case because this lawsuit “does not seek to tell Roblox what it can and cannot post from third parties; it seeks instead to have Roblox disclose to consumers that it has the ability to delete purchased content.”

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Michael Geist

APRIL 6, 2022

Newton , a case that examined links in the context of defamation: Hyperlinks thus share the same relationship with the content to which they refer as do references. Both communicate that something exists, but do not, by themselves, communicate its content. a) the news content, or any portion of it, is reproduced; or. (b)

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Kashishipr

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to promoting, marketing, and advertising, social media is one of the most effective and powerful ways. In the ongoing digital era, social media is gaining more publicity with each passing day, thereby putting content creators and social media influencers at risk of legal concerns about Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Among these rules, which were one of the main areas of contention between Council and Parliament until the very end, the final compromise includes two provisions relevant to copyright. A newly introduced article on “Obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models” includes two distinct requirements related to copyright.

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Garrigues Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The tension between freedom of expression and copyright protection has lately been one of the hottest topics in EU and Portuguese copyright laws. If this period lapses and the content is still available, IGAC notifies the intermediary network services provider to remove or disable access to the content in question.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

20 would sweepingly ban covered online platforms from moderating user-provided content. Not only are covered platforms required to disseminate content they find objectionable, but they are also required to disseminate that objectionable content no differently than other, non-objectionable content on their websites and applications.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 2, 2024

RightFind XML is a software solution we offer that gives organizations access to full-text article content, as well as text mining rights from over 50 publishers. This gives them a sense of where they fit in the market, and what they need to do to take advantage of opportunities.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

When used strategically, social media becomes one of the most powerful tools of digital marketing. With the evolution of social media, the concept of moment marketing has also become increasingly common. But what exactly is moment marketing? However, the concept of moment marketing is not new.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Here’s what Hans writes: Thankfully Kitty found a place where to park her car Content and service aggregation is big business in 2022. Why having seven different newspapers clogging up your mailbox, when you can have that content carefully selected and curated for you according to your interests and taste? Parkamo GmbH.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Digital Services Act ( DSA ), a major EU regulation for online content, was signed into law yesterday. This is achieved through imposing obligations to carry out content moderation and transparency reporting and requiring them to comply with orders to remove illegal content from their services.

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Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

AUGUST 27, 2021

Topics to Be Discussed. Risky use of third-party content. Right of publicity and ambush marketing traps. Trademark strategy and ambush marketing. August Horvath , Partner, Co-Chair, Advertising & Marketing Practice, Foley Hoag LLP. Social media complaint procedures. Influencer best practices.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I did a (rare for me) Twitter thread on this topic, which is so crucial that I’m sharing it here as well: On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be marking up the EARN IT Act, which removes Section 230 for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In response, many services will eliminate user-generated content (UGC) entirely.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. Possible topics include but are not limited to: (i) Intellectual property, including live streaming, clones, reskinning, modding and/or fan participations, etc.; (ii)

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2022

Harper continues with the topic of IP as complex phenomena in Chapter 2. Online music platforms, such as on-demand content services or social media platforms, created disparities in the remuneration of right-holders, creating the so-called “value gap”. The EU intervened with Directive 2014/26/EU and Directive (EU) 2019/790.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

If the topic was switched to fraud, opinions would likely be quite different, and herein lies the problem. The company doesn’t seem ready to tackle the public just yet, but it’s a completely different story for those involved in the pirate IPTV market.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

The plaintiff pointed out that HDR gained access to the group on a false pretense (claiming to be interested in the topic, when really it was just a data snarfer). But Facebook’s content wasn’t snarfed, and the mods may not care as much as other users). HDR appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 29, 2024

A sampling of opinions on this controversial topic would likely place sentiments like these at the edge of a spectrum, acting as a perfect counterbalance to equally extreme positions adopted by a subset of particularly aggressive rightsholders. .

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