The Law and Business of Social Media
May 15, 2015 - First Amendment, Internet of Things, DMCA, FTC, Terms of Use, Privacy, Copyright, Infographic, IP

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

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

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 discuss a recent decision in Virginia protecting the anonymity of Yelp users; we examine the FTC’s much anticipated report, “Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World;” we explore the major social media platforms’ approaches to handling deceased users’ accounts; we highlight a recent CJEU case holding that extracting large amounts of data from public websites—commonly known as “web scraping”—may violate website’s terms of use; we highlight the first-ever award of “any damages” for fraudulent DMCA takedowns; we drill down on important precedents that are defining the multi-channel programming distribution industry; and we take a look at cross-device tracking in interest-based advertising.

All this—plus an infographic featuring some intriguing online dating statistics.

Read our newsletter.