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

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

Michael Bahar, Frank Nolan & Trevor Satnick

<b><i>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</b></i><p>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.

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

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

Chris Castle

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.

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DMCA Filmmakers Exemption Expanded Image

DMCA Filmmakers Exemption Expanded

Scott Graham

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.

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New York State's Latest Ticket Sales Reforms

Anthony J. Dreyer & Andrew Green

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.

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The 'New NAFTA' and How It Will Affect Intellectual Property Law Image

The 'New NAFTA' and How It Will Affect Intellectual Property Law

Lawrence E. Ashery 

The stage is set for the 24-year-old north American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to end and the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), which has implications for intellectual property, to take its place.

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Issues in Using Bots to Send Takedown Notices Image

Issues in Using Bots to Send Takedown Notices

Ian Lopez

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.

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Fair Use, First Sale and Marilyn Monroe Image

Fair Use, First Sale and Marilyn Monroe

Robert W. Clarida & Robert J. Bernstein

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?

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Cybersecurity and Email Image

Cybersecurity and Email

Bill Ho

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.

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<i>Decision of Note:</i> Sound Recordings Remasters Don't Get Federal Copyright Protection Image

<i>Decision of Note:</i> Sound Recordings Remasters Don't Get Federal Copyright Protection

Scott Graham

&nbsp;With an assist from Toucan Sam and Tony Bennett, owners of pre-1972 sound recordings no longer have to worry about losing their common law…

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Prince's Estate Files NJ Lawsuit over prince.com Image

Prince's Estate Files NJ Lawsuit over prince.com

Charles Toutant

A dealer in Internet domain names is accused in a cybersquatting suit of an illegal attempt to seize on the posthumous popularity of Prince.

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