I’ve received a lot of requests to write about social media law, so I put together a four-part series covering some of the basics. This is Part I. I should start by saying that there is no such thing as Social Media Law per se. There is no Federal Omnibus Social Media Act or anything along those lines. Rather, those of us who are interested in this evolving means of communication look to a variety of types of existing law to try to understand how they apply to the world of social media. This series of posts will focus primarily…
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Romney Ad Taken Down for Copyright Violation
July 16, 2012
U.S. News is reporting that a campaign video posted on Mitt Romney’s website has been taken down due to an alleged copyright violation. The ad contained clips of President Obama’s performance of the Al Green song “Let’s Stay Together.” As you can see from that link, the President’s original performance is still available on YouTube (as of the publication of this post, at least). Apparently, BMG Rights Management (one would assume this is the copyright owner of the underlying musical composition) sent a takedown notice demanding that the video be pulled. The U.S. News story states that “The Romney campaign…
San Diego Comic-Con Panel Preview
July 10, 2012
San Diego Comic-Con Panel Preview For the 5th year in a row, I will have the opportunity to participate in a panel during the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con (or, if you insist, Comic-Con International). The panel will be moderated, as always, by Michael Lovitz, and the panelists will include David Branfman and Professor Marc Greenberg. Please join us on Saturday, July 14, 2012 from 10:30am to noon in Room 11AB.
Breaking: Pinterest Updates Copyright Terms
March 24, 2012
Pinterest Updates Copyright Terms Pinterest has responded to the rush of commentary regarding their copyright terms (see my first post on Pinterest’s copyright issues here). They sent out an email this morning updating their users – here is the email in full: Updated Terms of Service Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working on an update to our Terms. When we first launched Pinterest, we used a standard set of Terms. We think that the updated Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy are easier to understand and better reflect the direction our company is headed in…
