Welcome to the newest issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award winning guide to the law and business of social media. In this edition, we offer tips for a successful—and legal—advertising campaign; we examine a New York State Appellate Division opinion significantly limiting a personal-injury-case defendant’s access to the plaintiff’s social media posts; we review a court decision highlighting potential risks for companies seeking to exploit works licensed under the Creative Commons regime for commercial use; we take a look at an FTC report intended to help companies minimize the legal and ethical risks associated with their use of big data; we consider the complications that a federal district court opinion may create for companies hosting user-generated content; we explore the FTC’s guidance for businesses that publish advertising that could be confused with editorial content; we discuss seven key things to consider when drafting the terms and conditions for a mobile app in Europe; and we describe the key provisions of the European Commission’s proposed directives concerning a business’s online sale of goods or digital content to consumers.

All this—plus an infographic illustrating the state of the U.S. online music industry.