Much of what occurs online, like blog posting, is intended to be an open declaration to the world, and law enforcement is within its rights to read and act on what is written.
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#140conf Panel on Social Media Law & Policy
This is a video clip from the panel on Law and Policy for Social Media which I moderated at last week’s 140 Characters Conference in Los Angeles.
The Law of Social Media (Part II)
[Part I of this series of essays can be found at this permalink]. 2. Who Owns User-Generated Content? Who owns user-generated content (UGC) posted to social media sites? This is but one of the many vexing issues presented by the emerging law of social media, albeit one of great interest to users, corporate subscribers and […]
An Update on the DMCA
It is the end for a creative, but futile, effort by RealNetworks to plead its way around the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for yet another variant of DVD-ripping software.
Remastered Masters
It is a little odd that although The Beatles pioneered so many innovative recoding techniques in the analog realm, their music is still not yet available on remastered digital CDs.
The Law of Social Media (Part I)
Informed observers should regard pronouncement of social media law as tentative. The traditional rules applicable to social interactions may apply, or may apply differently, in the context of social media. In other respects, social media may upend traditional notions of legal status and privacy.
France is Different, Really
Even countries with legal traditions very different from that of the United States can teach Americans something about values. Goodbye “freedom fries.” You Frenchies aren’t so bad after all.
Challenging DMCA Conventional Wisdom
Most observers believe the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits copying of DVDs, even for backup purposes. Now Real Networks is challenging that conventional wisdom in California.
Who Owns Social Media UGC?
Facebook was possibly wrong (although correct from a customer relationship standpoint) to argue that it needed a license from one user to display his/her content on the “Wall” of another user, even when the first person had affirmatively decided to share that UGC by posting it within Facebook.
Reality for Real
Rob Glaser and company are about to launch a new software product that, if ruled lawful under the DMCA, may revolutionize movie distribution.