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Protection of children prompts potential FCC regulation of internet and wireless video programming and enhanced state privacy rules

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 26 2009

In the next few days, concerns about the protection of children from indecency and violence could lead to a report from the FCC to Congress urging use of the V Chip and other parental controls in devices other than television sets

Settlement Google news case

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 29 2007

A highly publicized case that has been going on for the last two years in which the large international service, Agence France-Presse, sued Google Inc. claiming Google, through Google News, infringed on its copyrights was settled last week

Comments filed in Child Safe Viewing Act proceeding

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2009

Initial comments were recently filed in response to the FCC's Notice of Inquiry (NOI) regarding "advanced blocking technologies," as required pursuant to the Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007, available here

National advertising initiative updates behavioral targeting principles

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2009

Behavioral targeting is the practice of selecting and presenting advertising to Internet users based on their presumed interests as deduced from "clickstream" data recording the websites they visit and the webpages they view

Viacom barred from seeking punitive damages in YouTube infringement case

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 14 2008

Viacom was dealt a setback in its ongoing copyright infringement case against Google’s YouTube unit, as a federal district judge ruled against Viacom’s request to add a claim for punitive damages

Silence and inaction gave search engines an implied licence to display a cached copy of author’s works

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2009

In Parker v. Yahoo! Inc., a US District Court dismissed in part an author’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and Yahoo! for making a "cached" copy of his works available in their search results, because he had not taken steps to prevent the caching or have the content removed

NAI releases new self-regulatory standards for online advertising

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2009

On December 16, 2008, one year after Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff released proposed principles to guide self-regulation of online behavioral advertising, the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) released new binding principles governing its members' collection, use, and sharing of information used in behavioral advertising (the Code of Conduct

FTC issues revised self-regulatory principles on behavioral advertising

  • Dentons
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2009

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released revised self-regulatory principles ("the Principles") for online behavioral advertisingdescribed as "tracking of consumer's online activities to deliver tailored advertising"and continued to endorse self regulation, at least for now

Google amends its U.S. trademark policy: creates 'special advertiser' status to allow use of another trademark in ad copy

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2009

Using another’s trademark as a keyword for online search marketing purposes is a murky area of law

Behavioral advertising - how to get it right?

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 15 2008

Internet users tend to desire customized experiences, whereby content that is relevant to their particular interests is brought easily to their attention