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Recent Case Demonstrates The Need For Caution When Embedding Links To Social Media Posts

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A recent case in the Southern District of New York calls into serious question the ubiquitous practice of embedding photographs on a content creator’s website. An embedded photo is one that is not hosted on the website’s...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Posting Pictures On Social Media: Do's And Do Not's

Now more than ever before, almost everyone is online, both personally and for business purposes. There is a lot of confusion about posting pictures and images on social media - Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and other...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Copyright Concerns In The Age Of Social (Media) Distancing

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In the age of COVID-19 and social distancing, people and businesses are turning to technology to engage with their communities. Fitness instructors are leading workouts via Instagram Live. Churches are offering live-streamed...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Court disallows firing over Facebook page rant; Ether threatens Bitcoin’s reign as top digital currency; NBA slam...

One year since agreeing with the European Commission to remove hate speech within 24 hours of receiving a complaint about it, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are removing flagged content an average of 59% of the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Burger King ad triggers Google Assistant devices; suits allege infringement of copyrights in content posted to...

Without Google’s permission, Burger King ended one of its television commercials with a statement designed to automatically cause Google Assistant devices to read a list of the Whopper’s ingredients out loud. Having passed...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Facebook’s anti-ad-blocking software; LinkedIn’s “scraper” lawsuit; FTC’s upcoming crackdown on social influencers

Facebook introduced technology that disables ad blockers used by people who visit the platform via desktop computers, but Adblock Plus has already foiled the platform’s efforts, at least for now....more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

News of Note for the Internet-Minded – 4/28/16

Several companies cast an eye toward the Internet of Things, Twitter’s AI gets pretty good at live video, some industry giants get behind the driverless car, and more … Samsung launches a place in the cloud just for...more

Knobbe Martens

To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Social Media and Intellectual Property Issues

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Social media platforms are very useful, but they also create legal issues. Without question, social media has changed the way businesses communicate with their clients and consumers. Likewise, social media has changed the way...more

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Like It or Love It: How Not to Get Pinned (Legally) When Using Social Media to Promote Your Brand

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Twitter®, Instagram®, Facebook®, Pinterest® and other social media websites and apps are great ways to interact with friends, family and potential customers. They are great avenues for advertising and promotion of one’s...more

Jackson Walker

An Update On The Legal Implications Of User-Generated Content: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, And Instagram

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Traditionally, media companies (as well as non-media companies) almost exclusively utilized their own content. However, because of the exponential growth in the public’s desire and ability to interconnect through social media...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Status Updates - September 2014 #4

..Disappearing ink. Facebook is testing, for a small group of users, a feature that will permit a user to schedule a post for automatic deletion after a specified period of time. It seems that the period can range from an...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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...more

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