The music industry came out on top in one of its first attempts to hold an internet service provider liable for its subscribers’ unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing.
The decision, handed down by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a
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The Socially Aware Blog, published by Morrison & Foerster LLP, focuses on legal developments at the intersection of social media, technology, and consumer protection. It covers topics such as evolving auto-renewal laws for subscription services, social media platform policies and rebranding, intellectual property issues related to online content embedding, legislative challenges to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and emerging consumer contract regulations in digital services. The blog analyzes regulatory changes, court decisions, and policy debates affecting social media companies, digital platforms, and consumers, with attention to privacy, content moderation, copyright, and technology-driven legal challenges.
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Amended California Law Expands Requirements for Consumer Subscriptions
Companies that offer services, whether online or offline, to consumers on a subscription or other automatic renewal basis should be aware that such offers are heavily regulated at both the federal and state levels. A recent amendment to Section 17602…
2017: Our Greatest Hits
By John Delaney & Aaron Rubin
Last year we covered a wide range of online legal and business subjects intended for readers ranging from Internet entrepreneurs to social media marketers, from online shoppers to e-tailers, from networkers to influencers (and the brands that pay them).
The…
The Best of the Best of CES 2018
This post is a bit meta. It is about an event that I attended that was about an event that I didn’t attend.
Let me explain. I missed the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, but was fortunate to attend…
Social Media 2018: Addressing Corporate Risks
By Janine Sagar
As Socially Aware readers know, social media is transforming the way companies interact with consumers. Learn how to make the most of these online opportunities while minimizing your company’s legal risks at Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) 2018 Social Media conference, to…
Proceed To Check Out? The Impact Of 2018 European E-Commerce Reforms
The European Union (EU) has made reform of the e-commerce rules in Europe one of its main priorities for 2018.
The European Commission has already published two proposed Directives relating to cross-border e-commerce but legislative progress has been slow—a situation
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Connected Devices Bring New Product Liability Challenges
“My Google Home Mini was inadvertently spying on me 24/7 due to a hardware flaw,” wrote a tech blogger who purchased Google Inc.’s latest internet of things (IoT) device. Following the incident, a pact of consumer advocacy groups insisted the…
Social Links: Facebook ups its facial recognition game; retracing Twitter’s 2017 missteps; YouTube stars’ fan bases reach their saturation point
By John Delaney & Aaron Rubin
In order to comply with a new German law requiring social media sites to take down hate speech, Twitter and Facebook removed anti-Islamic social media posts authored by a German far-right political party.
Anonymous Internet Users Beware: New Presumption in Favor of Unmasking the Losing Anonymous Defendant
Following a recent decision from the Sixth Circuit, anonymous bloggers and other Internet users who post third-party copyrighted material without authorization have cause for concern. They may be unable to preserve their anonymity.
In Signature Management Team, LLC v. John…
A List of Lists
By John Delaney & Aaron Rubin
Often derided as clickbait, listicles get a bum rap. They can be light on substantive content, sure, but sometimes that’s a good thing, especially for the busy readers of legal blogs, who would do well to treat themselves to…