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Twitter Trolls and Free Speech
Perhaps inevitably, less than a week into the 2012 London Olympics, Twitter is finding itself at the center of numerous free speech controversies: two athletes, a Greek triple jumper and…
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Savannah Dietrich Seeks Her Own Justice Through Twitter
From Ms. Dietrich’s perspective, her facts were simple. She was sexually assaulted by two boys, who then shared pictures of the assault. The incident caused the 17-year old embarrassment and…
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Madonna Sued in Sampling Lawsuit
VMG Salsoul LLC filed a complaint for copyright infringement on July 11, 2012 in California District Court against Madonna, Shep Pettibone, and other music industry-related defendants. At the heart of…
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Twitter Transparency Report Reveals a Curious U.S. Government
On the same day that a New York court decision requiring Twitter to produce user information went public, the company released its first ever Transparency Report. Going forward, this report…
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Copyright Etiquette
Pinterest is one of the world's most visited sites, arising interest in and attracting both individual and business users. As of December 2011, Pinterest entered the top 10 social networks in…
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Cautiously, Europe Embraces Government & Enterprise Cloud Computing
Last week the European Commission’s panel on privacy, commonly known as the Article 29 Working Party, provided long-awaited clarity (in the form of an “Opinion”) on whether and how European…
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Good Publicity? Perhaps. A Right of Publicity? Not Likely.
Rights of publicity cases tend to be interesting for obvious reasons: the cases involve famous people, the doctrine is evolving and the rights vary from state to state. And in…
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DC Circuit Declares the Copyright Royalty Board Unconstitutional
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Copyright Royalty Board—at least as currently established—is unconstitutional. The D.C. Circuit’s decision in Intercollegiate…
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WIPO Treaty Grants Audiovisual Performers New Rights
The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, signed on June 26, is an attempt to harmonize the substantive IP rights of audiovisual performers across the globe. Intended to complement the WIPO…
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A Disturbance in the Force? The Second Circuit Clarifies (and Narrows the Application of) the Law of Copyright Preemption
Though it probably has nothing to with a high count of Midi-Chlorians, Hayden Christensen—the actor that played Darth Vader in the Episodes 2 and 3 of George Lucas’s Star Wars…