There is still an inherent and unfortunately unresolved tension between U.S. law and the content-sharing functions that epitomize, social media today.
Still Crazy After All These Years (How Social Media Continues to Disrupt Internet Copyright Law)
Category Archives: Social Media
“Creative Culture” Is Not Cause For Tech, Antitrust Break-Ups
Former music and film producer Jonathan Taplin is way out of his element, merging two distinct issues into a superficial “#resistance” meme that contradicts the central tenets of U.S. antitrust law.
Sending Warmth and Cheers
My first Constant Contact email was a holiday wish to our clients. And here is is. Merry Christmas.
The Law of Social Media (Part V)
This is a presentation I made in June 2011 at the 140 Characters Conference in New York focusing on copyright law and content ownership in social media.
Top 4 Social Media Law Cases of 2010
Not quite as interesting as the worst-dressed actress and best cinema films lists we’ll see over the next few days, but (perhaps) a bit more relevant to our daily activities on social networks and the real-time Web.
Managing Legal Risks in Social Media
I’ve posted the slides from my recent SocialStrat presentation on managing enterprise legal risks in social media.
Managing Legal Risks In Social Media
This is the SlideShare copy of my webinar presentation this afternoon for the SociaLex conference, focusing on the legal issues arising in connection with social media and managing socmedia legal risks in the enterprise.
Twitter’s Still a Revolutionary Technology
Saudi Arabians will now need a governmental license to post on Twitter.
Six Social Media Law & Policy Megatrends
Like John Naisbitt, this post describes what I am convinced are the most significant law/policy “megatrends” affecting the social media space today.
Prepare Your Final Status Update with MyWebWill
I’ve written about the legal problems associated with online social media accounts after a subscriber’s death. This is a way cool start-up idea that, at first blush, seems to solve then like an “advance medical directive” does for the dying.