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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Pinning Copyright Violations on Pinterest

Does Pinterest encourage copyright violations? According to a new lawsuit filed in California federal court by an award-winning professional photographer, the answer is yes. Harold Davis accused the popular social media...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Court Pins Down Company’s Pinterest Copyright Infringement

By re-pinning a Pinterest image that included a copyrighted photograph, a company infringed the copyright in the photo, a federal judge in Hawaii has ruled....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Pinning Down Pinterest: Addressing Copyright and Other IP Issues

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Pinterest is a pinboard-style content-sharing website where users can post photos and other content, share images and comment on each other’s content. Its rapid success—it is reported to have more than 50 million users—has...more

Gray Reed

Can I Use The Social Media Picture For My Story? – Part Two

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Last time, we looked at whether the media can use images from social media sites applying fair use to several typical situations. Today, we look at the specific terms of service of various popular sites to see if some make...more

McAfee & Taft

Gavel to Gavel: Check before you pin

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No more piles of torn magazine pages or envelopes full of paint chips. Bookmarking sites like Pinterest, Manteresting or Pixcited let us post images of things we like in a neat digital format. Like most other social media...more

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