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Federal lawsuit alleges infringement of minors' New York right of publicity by Facebook "like" and "friend finder" features

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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May 19 2011

In what may represent a new wave in an interesting challenge to the viral nature of social media marketing, a recently filed putative class action asserts a right of publicity claim against Facebook in connection with the service's "Like" and "Friend Finder" features

Judge finds injury-in-fact adequately alleged in RockYou data breach action

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 28 2011

Where others have failed, Alan Claridge did not

No fair use defense for online post of 21-page book excerpt

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

The blog posting of images of 21 pages of a soon-to-be-published book is not protected by the fair use doctrine and thus may be temporarily enjoined, a district court ruled

Music downloads and ringtones are licensed, not sold, under royalty agreement

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

Sales of music by digital downloads and by ringtones sold through carriers must be accounted to an artist under a royalty contract with a recording company as licenses rather than sales of the music, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled

Implied license, fair use, held meritorious defenses in online newspaper article copyright infringement action

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 11 2011

The implied license and fair use defenses raised by the operator of an online forum are meritorious defenses that warrant reopening a default judgment for copyright infringement, a district court ruled

Ninth Circuit says DMCA anticircumvention provision gives new, access-prevention right to copyright owners - MDY v. Blizzard, part II

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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January 4 2011

As we related in Part I of this post, Blizzard Entertainment, distributor of the World of Warcraft game software and the operator of the servers that enable online game play, sought to block the use of automated game playing software by deploying anti-bot software, WoW Warden

Assent to newspaper’s online privacy policy did not constitute waiver of right to anonymous speech

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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April 14 2010

An anonymous commenter's assent to a newspaper's online privacy policy did not constitute a waiver of the commenter's right to anonymous speech, a district court ruled

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