Social Links: Revenge porn victim awarded $6.4M; the discoverability of photos posted to Facebook; can users be blocked from government officials’ social media accounts?
USA - April 16 2018 Based on copyright infringement, emotional distress and other claims, a federal district court in California awarded $6.4 million to a victim of...
The Coming Border Wars: U.S. Court Decision Refusing to Enforce Canadian Court Order Highlights the Growing Balkanization of the Internet
USA, Canada - March 20 2018 Does a search engine operator have to delist websites hosting, without authorization, your trade secret materials or other intellectual property? The...
Social Links: Inline link to tweet with photo could constitute copyright infringement; proposed California legislation could restrict website operators’ efforts to have minors consent to terms of use
USA - March 12 2018 In a decision that has generated considerable controversy, a federal court in New York has held that the popular practice of embedding tweets into...
All Eyes on Fair Use: The Second Circuit Delivers a Victory for Copyright Owners
USA - March 5 2018 In July 2013, Fox sued TVEyes for copyright infringement and, in August 2015, Judge Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District...
Social Links: Facebook ups its facial recognition game; retracing Twitter’s 2017 missteps; YouTube stars’ fan bases reach their saturation point
USA - January 12 2018 In order to comply with a new German law requiring social media sites to take down hate speech, Twitter and Facebook removed anti-Islamic social media...
