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Holland & Knight LLP

Now Available for Publishers: Group Copyright Registration of Online News Content

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For years, publishers have been without a cost-effective way to register the full content of news media websites. The U.S. Copyright Office recently addressed this need by creating a new "group" registration for online news...more

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Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Developments Impacting Business and Legal Decisions

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With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year. In 2024, media and entertainment businesses will focus on whether the longstanding tenet...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - February 2024

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main digital regulatory and compliance...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

#igers Beware – Embedded Instagram Post Found Not To Infringe Copyright

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A recent decision of the Southern District of New York shields digital publishers from copyright infringement when embedding public Instagram posts in news pieces posted online. In the case, Stephanie Sinclair, a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The EU Copyright Directive: Potential Copyright Liability and a “Best Efforts” Standard for Platforms

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In 2019, the Council of the European Union’s Committee of Permanent Representatives approved a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market to respond to developments in the modes and markets for creation, production...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

A Man Walks into a Bar...And Fair Use Is Found

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It is no secret about the proliferation of copyright lawsuits that have been filed over the past four years over the unauthorized use of photos online, many against media companies that seek to shield themselves from...more

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Trump’s a Wedding Crasher and News Outlets Can’t Poach Photos Off Instagram

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A lesser-known feature of selecting a TRUMP-branded property as a wedding venue is that the President himself may decide to crash your wedding. It also may end up leading to a substantial copyright law development,...more

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Second Circuit Punts on In-Line Linking Appeal

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The Second Circuit denied an interlocutory appeal in a high stakes copyright case that is being closely watched by both photographers and media companies around the country, sending key issues in the case back to the district...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Court Case Finding that Embedded Photos Can Trigger Copyright Liability Certified for Appeal

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A New York federal district court has certified for appeal its recent decision in a pending case involving the unauthorized use of a photographer’s photo by a number of media outlets, maintaining the spotlight on the issue of...more

Hogan Lovells

DSM Watch: Leaked JRC Study calls into question neighbouring right for press publishers

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The evolution of a new neighbouring right for press publishers is currently the subject of wide and heated debate. The European Commission proposed such a right in Article 11 of its proposal for a new directive on copyright...more

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Who Exactly Is a ‘User’ under the DMCA Safe Harbor?

The DMCA was enacted in 1998 to preserve “strong incentives for service providers and copyright owners to cooperate to detect and deal with copyright infringements that take place in a digital networked environment.” As part...more

Gray Reed

Infographic: The Use Of Images From The Web On Your Site, Newspaper Or Broadcast

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We created this infographic for some of our media clients to give them a one-page cheat sheet on the analysis they need to do when trying to decide whether they can use an image from the internet in a pinch....more

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