Internet Law

  • Right Out of the Box: California Enacts First-of-its-Kind Statute Regulating Internet-of-Things

    Companies Impacted By California's SB-327 — Especially Manufacturers and Distributors of IoT Devices — Should Work to Ensure Compliance With the Act As Soon As Possible If Regulatory Fallout Is to Be Avoided Come January 2020

    While a great deal of attention has focused on the California Consumer Privacy Act, California also passed a less-publicized, but highly critical, statute that will regulate certain aspects of Internet of Things device security.

    December 01, 2018Michael Bahar, Frank Nolan and Trevor Satnick

  • How Will the Music Modernization Act's Mechanical Licensing Collective Work?

    This article focuses on managing change for clients affected by the MMA's government-mandated mechanical licensing collective. In my view, far from putting songwriters on a trajectory away from the government regulation that has oppressed them for generations, the collective imposes an entirely new bureaucracy with potentially significant costs that are not readily apparent.

    December 01, 2018Chris Castle

  • DMCA Filmmakers Exemption Expanded

    Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemptions aren't just for documentary filmmakers anymore. The U.S. Copyright Office and Library of Congress has broadened a DMCA exemption to now allow more filmmakers to circumvent anti-copying technology and rip short video clips for purposes of commentary and criticism.

    December 01, 2018Scott Graham

  • New York State's Latest Ticket Sales Reforms

    The majority of these recent amendments become effective on Dec. 28, 2018. Many of these reforms appear to be in direct response to concerns expressed in 2016 by the New York Attorney General (NYAG), yet the changes do not appear to be as sweeping as the NYAG had sought.

    November 01, 2018Anthony J. Dreyer and Andrew Green

  • Issues in Using Bots to Send Takedown Notices

    We asked University of Idaho College of Law Professor Annemarie Bridy, one of the forefront experts in both DMCA and automated notice sending, about out of control bots, DMCA takedowns' potential threat to freedom of speech and more.

    October 01, 2018Ian Lopez

  • Fair Use, First Sale and Marilyn Monroe

    Recently, the Southern District of New York resolved a question that neither the Southern District nor the Second Circuit had ever squarely faced: Can the lawful owner of an art object create and post a photograph of that object in connection with the sale of the object through an online platform such as eBay, without the permission of the owner of copyright in the object?

    October 01, 2018Robert W. Clarida and Robert J. Bernstein

  • Cybersecurity and Email

    In the legal community, professionals have embraced email. However, as increasing concerns and regulations around data security continue to evolve, the future of digital communication via email may not meet the more stringent requirements.

    October 01, 2018Bill Ho