Socially Aware

December 07, 2015 - Copyright
Creative Commons Works: Free to License, But Not Necessarily Free to Use
Companies love to use third-party content for free. In this era of belt-tightening and slashed marketing budgets, why pay to create photos and videos for advertising and other commercial uses when compelling photos and videos are readily available online for licensing for commercial use
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November 17, 2015 - Copyright
Google Books and Fair Use: From Implausible to Inevitable?
[ Editor’s Note: At Socially Aware, we occasionally invite guest columnists to contribute pieces on cutting-edge Internet-related legal issues; today we have the pleasure of publishing a piece by noted copyright scholar Jane Ginsburg , Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property
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July 07, 2015 - Status Updates, Copyright, Mobile, IP
Status Updates: Artist sues Pinterest; texting for teens without data plans; quit smoking with social media
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Pin pain. As a primarily visual social media platform whose self-described purpose is to help users bookmark and save “ good stuff you find anywhere around the web ,” Pinterest has raised copyright infringement questions since it became explosively popular in 2012. In many
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June 30, 2015 - Online Promotions, Terms of Use, Labor Law, Copyright, Employment Law, Arbitration, IP, Litigation
Five Social Media Law Issues To Discuss With Your Clients
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The explosive growth of social media has clients facing legal questions that didn’t even exist a few short years ago. Helping your clients navigate this muddled legal landscape will have them clicking “like” in no time. What’s in a Like? Not long ago, the
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May 11, 2015 - Copyright, IP, Litigation
Rolling With the Punches: The Fight Over Livestreaming
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Boxing fans eagerly awaited the May 2, 2015, championship match between boxers Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. But the fight also drew the interest of those following online video apps Meerkat and Periscope. Launched at the end of February 2015, Meerkat is a
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March 16, 2015 - Copyright
First-Ever Award of “Any Damages” for Fraudulent DMCA Takedowns Under Section 512(f)
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Under section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), copyright owners are liable for “any damages” stemming from knowingly false accusations of infringement that result in removal of the accused online material. Section 512(f) aims to deter abuse of the DMCA requirement that
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March 04, 2015 - Copyright
With Highly Anticipated Copyright Decision, The AutoHop Litigation Is Coming to a Close
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
In 2012, DISH Network announced two novel product offerings that would result in considerable backlash from the four major broadcast television networks and set in motion a three-year, wide-ranging, multi-front battle with the networks. As the dust now begins to settle, the copyright litigation
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March 03, 2015 - Copyright
Twenty Years Down the Road: A Q&A With Paul Goldstein, Author of Copyright’s Highway
More than two decades have passed since internationally recognized copyright law expert and award-winning novelist Professor Paul Goldstein of Stanford Law School (and Of Counsel to Morrison & Foerster) published his landmark book, Copyright’s Highway: From Gutenberg to the Celestial Jukebox —a wide-ranging and
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November 13, 2014 - Copyright
Ninth Circuit to Reconsider the Curious Copyright Case Requiring YouTube to Take Down All Copies of Anti-Islamic Film
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
Earlier this year, Socially Aware noted a peculiar decision out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that an actress owns a copyright interest in her five-second performance in a film and thus could demand the removal of all copies of the film
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October 17, 2014 - Copyright, UK High Court
Copyright: Europe Explores Its Boundaries – New UK Infringement Exceptions – The Ones That Came Back Again
By: Mercedes Samavi
Introduction In June of this year, we sent out an alert about the anticipated new UK copyright infringement exceptions. These exceptions were to be introduced based on the recommendations of the Hargreaves Review. Surprisingly, some of the exceptions had been dramatically pulled from the
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Topic Archives: Copyright

Creative Commons Works: Free to License, But Not Necessarily Free to Use

Google Books and Fair Use: From Implausible to Inevitable?

Status Updates: Artist sues Pinterest; texting for teens without data plans; quit smoking with social media

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Five Social Media Law Issues To Discuss With Your Clients

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Rolling With the Punches: The Fight Over Livestreaming

By: Aaron P. Rubin

First-Ever Award of “Any Damages” for Fraudulent DMCA Takedowns Under Section 512(f)

By: Aaron P. Rubin

With Highly Anticipated Copyright Decision, The AutoHop Litigation Is Coming to a Close

By: J. Alexander Lawrence

Twenty Years Down the Road: A Q&A With Paul Goldstein, Author of Copyright’s Highway

Ninth Circuit to Reconsider the Curious Copyright Case Requiring YouTube to Take Down All Copies of Anti-Islamic Film

By: J. Alexander Lawrence

Copyright: Europe Explores Its Boundaries – New UK Infringement Exceptions – The Ones That Came Back Again

By: Mercedes Samavi