Making Bitcoins Legit
September 02, 2013
It may be a while before Kathleen Moriarty lets clients pay her in bitcoin, but the Katten Muchin Rosenman partner is doing her part to help legitimize the digital currency derided as speculative and risky by some prominent economists.
Get Noticed, Get Heard, Get Seen
August 28, 2013
One of the less understood and less utilized features is how social media can provide a great platform for raising your visibility in the press.
Joinder Issues In BitTorrent Copyright Litigation
August 02, 2013
Over the past several years, there has been a national flurry of civil actions brought primarily by pornographic film makers alleging copyright infringement by individual file-sharers using the BitTorrent computer protocol. As one federal court noted, hundreds of thousands of John Does have been sued across the county since mid-2010, with copyright holders attempting to assert claims against unknown defendants identified by their IP addresses by joining them, in large numbers, into single actions.
Redesigning Your Firm's Website
August 02, 2013
As the appetite to consume and share content grows ' and our world becomes more and more mobile-connected ' law firms must work to improve the user experience of their sites to fit these evolving needs.
Internet 'Data Scraping'
August 02, 2013
The proliferation of Internet access and mobile devices has led to an exponential explosion of content on the Web, creating a vast repository of "publicly available" information. This has made it far easier for third parties to extract this data for commercial sale and use ' and to do so for free and without authorization. This data extraction, commonly referred to as "scraping," "crawling," or "spidering" (collectively "scraping"), creates legal issues and concerns for both sides of this issue.
Marketplace Fairness Act May Help Clear Muddy Tax Waters
August 02, 2013
With my mom probably one of a handful of people who haven't made an Internet purchase, I think it is fair to say that we have all seen certain online retailers almost bragging that there is no sales tax on merchandise ordered from their e-store. The first question this raises is whether the "qualifying order" language refers to the shipping, the sales tax or both.
How Royalties Are Determined for New Material Written for Public Domain Music Compositions
August 02, 2013
Not as much public domain material is recorded in comparison with original material, but if such a song becomes a hit or is on a successful album, the public performance royalties can be substantial provided the writer/arranger (who is many times the recording artist or record producer) holds the copyright in his or her version and registered it with the performance right society (PRO) with which the writer is affiliated.
