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German Federal Court of Justice: Personal image for unrelated content is unlawful "clickbait" advertising

Hogan Lovells on 3/10/2021

The German Federal Court of Justice recently issued a decision declaring that the use of a photo of a prominent person for an editorial article infringes upon the right to one's own image if the photo is only used as a...more

50 Cent Breaks the Golden Rule of Social Media Posting

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 3/1/2016

“Be careful what you post.” This may be the most obvious of social media commandments. Yet, it’s also true that it’s difficult to control the degree of public access to photos and messages posted on a social media platform,...more

Establishing the Boundaries of the OCILLA Safe Harbor

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 11/5/2015

As user-generated content explodes over the Internet, intellectual property disputes over posting or uploading such content without the owner’s consent continue to escalate. As we touched on in a recent post, social media...more

Does Facebook’s collection of photos violate privacy laws?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/10/2015

An Illinois man recently filed a proposed federal class action alleging that Facebook violates state law protecting the privacy of biometric data through its alleged collection of facial recognition data from over a billion...more

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

Buchalter on 5/15/2015

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

Summary Judgment Denied On “Fair Use” Defense In 9/11 Photograph Case

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 2/27/2015

On February 10, 2015, the Southern District of New York denied Fox News’ motion for summary judgment in a copyright lawsuit involving the posting of a copyrighted image on its Facebook page. North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v....more

Facebook Photos Are Fair Game in Injury Cases

Snell & Wilmer on 1/27/2015

Today it’s reported that 58% of American adults use Facebook, 17.5% use Instagram, and 50% use tumblr. Social media websites sometimes offer users the option of disclosing postings, including photographs, to different sets of...more

If You Post It, Your Opponent Can Probably Discover It

Cozen O'Connor on 1/27/2015

In March we ran a post on how important videos, photographs, and statements on social media sites can be when investigating a property loss. A picture is literally worth a thousand words. Earlier this month, a Florida court...more

Florida Appellate Court Holds There is No Right to Privacy For Information Posted On Social Media Websites Even When Privacy...

Snell & Wilmer on 1/23/2015

On January 7, 2015, in Nucci v. Target Corp, et al, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida, Fourth District upheld a lower court’s order compelling Plaintiff Maria Nucci to produce photographs originally posted...more

Getting Pictures Off the Internet – Not Easy To Do

Gray Reed on 1/15/2015

I love college basketball. Given that my Missouri Tigers haven’t given me much to talk about, I thought we could discuss the efforts by this upset Duke fan to have her image removed from the Internet captured during the...more

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