Social Networks, Terms of Use

Brands & Influencers Beware! Popular Songs on Social Media at the Heart of Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/9/2023

Anyone who has ever browsed Instagram® or TikTok® (or any parent with phone-addicted kids) realizes that music is an integral part of short-form video social media. Content creators record a few minutes or even a few seconds...more

Russia, Neighbors, and a Copyright-protected Social Media Post = Fair Use?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/9/2022

What additional value does a copyright registration confer on a run-of-the-mill neighborhood social media post? Not a lot, it appears. Earlier this year, the First Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit...more

LinkedIn Has Beef With Data Scraping Bots

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/13/2016

Linkedin has filed a lawsuit to prevent unauthorized use of “bots” that register fake profiles on the social network and steal data about actual users. According to the suit, these acts constitute a breach of Linkedin’s terms...more

Facebook v. Vachani – User Authorization Can Be Revoked By Service Providers

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 7/20/2016

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued a decision that could have far reaching implications for the relationships between companies that provide online services, their customers or users, and third...more

The Top Social Media Platforms’ Efforts To Control Cyber-Harassment

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 9/1/2015

Social networking platforms have long faced the difficult task of balancing the desire to promote freedom of expression with the need to prevent abuse and harassment on their sites. One of social media’s greatest challenges...more

CFAA and SCA Do Not Prohibit Creation Of A Fake Facebook Page

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/16/2015

The defendants in a case pending in Chicago federal court were accused of contravening Facebook’s terms of use by accessing its computers in order to create a phony page and then using it to ridicule someone. In Bittman v....more

Online Advertising: When In Doubt, DISCLOSE

King & Spalding on 5/5/2015

The FTC has approved the final order in its February complaint against AmeriFreight for failing to disclose that it compensated consumers for their online reviews. Coordinated and paid advertising campaigns that do not...more

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