Socially Aware

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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December 16, 2014 - Internet of Things, Terms of Use, Privacy, Copyright, Infographic, Litigation
Hot Off the Press: The December Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter Is Now Available
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware , our Burton Award -winning guide to the law and business of social media, we look at several topics surrounding the proverbial online thumbs up, including
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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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August 14, 2014 - Copyright
Monkey in the Middle of Selfie Copyright Dispute
The “selfie” is now so ubiquitous that the word is in the Oxford English Dictionary , you can use it in Scrabble and it has spawned a whole new lexicon. Selfies are no longer the preserve of teens and reality stars; you now have
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July 15, 2014 - Copyright, UK High Court
Copyright: Europe Explores its Boundaries Part 3: “Meltwater” – EU rules that browsing does not need a licence – a victory for common sense (or for pirates)?
On 5 June 2014 the European Court of Justice (CJEU) published its decision in the “Meltwater” Case C-360/13, ( Public Relations Consultations Association Ltd (PRCA) v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd (NLA) and Others ). In a ruling that some have hailed as a victory
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June 25, 2014 - Copyright, IP, Litigation, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Stifles Aereo, but Tries to Keep the Cloud Away
In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-3 decision that Aereo’s Internet streaming service engages in unauthorized public performances of broadcast television programs in violation of the Copyright Act, reversing the Second Circuit’s decision in American Broadcasting Companies,
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Topic Archives: Copyright

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

Hot Off the Press: The December Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter Is Now Available

By: Aaron P. Rubin

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

Monkey in the Middle of Selfie Copyright Dispute

Copyright: Europe Explores its Boundaries Part 3: “Meltwater” – EU rules that browsing does not need a licence – a victory for common sense (or for pirates)?

Supreme Court Stifles Aereo, but Tries to Keep the Cloud Away