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Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets CFAA to Avoid Criminalizing 'Commonplace Computer Activity' Image

Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets CFAA to Avoid Criminalizing 'Commonplace Computer Activity'

Patricia Kim & Maren Messing

The Court held that only those who obtain information from particular areas of the computer which they are not authorized to access can be said to "exceed authorization."

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3d Circuit Hears Case on Interaction of Publicity Rights and the CDA Image

3d Circuit Hears Case on Interaction of Publicity Rights and the CDA

P.J. D'Annunzio

Likening his client's claim to that of an athlete with a monetizable image, an attorney representing TV reporter Karen Hepp, who is suing social media websites over misuse of her likeness, recently argued to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that the case should fit a narrow exception to a federal law that bars suits against online content providers.

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Copyright and Internet Content Image

Copyright and Internet Content

Jonathan Bick

Online publication impacts the duration of copyright protection among other purposes, including optimizing creative and ownership rights and the availability of statutory damages and attorney fees. Thus, it is important to determine when Internet distribution constitutes publication.

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Copyright Issues In Online Content Image

Copyright Issues In Online Content

Jonathan Bick

Publication of content online impacts the duration of copyright protection among other purposes, including optimizing creative and ownership rights and the availability of statutory damages and attorney fees. Thus, it is important to determine when Internet distribution constitutes publication.

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Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World, Part 2 Image

Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World, Part 2

Gwendolyn Seale

Part Two of a two-part article While the livestreaming of music performances is not an entirely new phenomenon, the COVID crisis has transformed the live performance landscape, compelling artists from around the world to reach their fanbase by producing "quarantine streams," in which they livestream their sets on social media platforms. Unsurprisingly many questions have arisen.

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Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World, Part Two Image

Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World, Part Two

Gwendolyn Seale

Part Two of a two-part article While the livestreaming of music performances is not an entirely new phenomenon, the COVID crisis has transformed the live performance landscape, compelling artists from around the world to reach their fanbase by producing "quarantine streams," in which they livestream their sets on social media platforms. Given this sudden pivot to livestreaming over social media, unsurprisingly many questions have arisen.

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Can Terms of Service Agreements Allow Companies to Skirt Consumer Protection Laws? Image

Can Terms of Service Agreements Allow Companies to Skirt Consumer Protection Laws?

Stephen M. Kramarsky

Most users do not have the time or inclination to read through dozens of pages of legalese before reviewing the morning's tweets, and if millions of users are agreeing to these terms, how bad can they be?

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Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World Image

Legal Issues and Monetization Strategies In a Quarantine-Streaming Music World

Gwendolyn Seale

Part One of a Two Part Article While the livestreaming of music performances is not an entirely new phenomenon, the COVID crisis has transformed the live performance landscape, compelling artists from around the world to reach their fanbase by producing "quarantine streams," in which they livestream their sets on social media platforms. Given this sudden pivot to livestreaming over social media, unsurprisingly many questions have arisen.

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EU Unveils New Online Content and Data Regulation Image

EU Unveils New Online Content and Data Regulation

Krishnan Nair

Say Hello to the Digital Services Act.

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To Embed, or Not to Embed, that is the Question Image

To Embed, or Not to Embed, that is the Question

Shaleen J. Patel & Mike Hobbs

Would Shakespeare Post Hamlet on Instagram in 2020? While the sound distracting you hear from this article may well be William Shakespeare rapidly turning in his grave like the Mad Hatter Teacup Ride at Disneyworld, recent legal and procedural developments associated with the ubiquitous Instagram social media site have created significant practical and legal risks for both copyright owners and account holders that would have even vexed the Bard himself.

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