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The Right of Publicity in the Age of Technology, Social Media, and Heightened Cultural Exchange

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Imagine you are a rising social media star. You create a video using a catchy phrase that immediately takes off. The phrase gains national, even global, attention and everyone begins using it. Now, let us say a company uses...more

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Social Links: An EU law to protect copyright owners online; collecting biometric data without running afoul of the law;...

A new law in Australia makes a social media company’s failure to remove “abhorrent violent material” from its platform punishable by significant fines. The law also states that the executives at social media companies who...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Revenge porn victim awarded $6.4M; the discoverability of photos posted to Facebook; can users be blocked from...

Based on copyright infringement, emotional distress and other claims, a federal district court in California awarded $6.4 million to a victim of revenge porn, the posting of explicit material without the subject’s consent....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Inline link to tweet with photo could constitute copyright infringement; proposed California legislation could...

In a decision that has generated considerable controversy, a federal court in New York has held that the popular practice of embedding tweets into websites and blogs can result in copyright infringement. Plaintiff Justin...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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Entertainment and Media Litigation Update

Garcia v. Google: “Doubtful” Copyright Ownership Claim in Film Performance Does Not Outweigh First Amendment Right to Free Speech - Why it matters: In a closely watched case that tests the limits of copyright protection,...more

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Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 5 -- December 2012

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we examine why social media marketing strategies should be concerned with clearing more than just copyrights; we revisit...more

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