Socially Aware

August 16, 2024 - Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Fair Use, First Amendment, Fraud, SEC, Section 230 Safe Harbor
Social Links: August 2024
By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin
Social media giant TikTok has been sued by the United States for allegedly collecting data on children under thirteen illegally. The suit claims the app, which is owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, allowed millions of children to create accounts without parental knowledge or
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June 04, 2024 - Contracts, Copyright, Fair Use, Social Media Policy, Terms of Use, User-Generated Content, Web Scraping
California Federal Court Holds X’s Claims Against Scraper Preempted by Federal Law
By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin
On May 9, 2024, in X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd. , the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed X’s claims alleging that Bright Data’s access to X’s systems, and scraping and selling of publicly available data from X’s platform,
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August 02, 2019 - Copyright, Fair Use, IP, Litigation
By Winning Motion to Dismiss, Supermodel Loses Chance to Clarify Whether She Can Lawfully Post Photos of Herself to Social Media
By: Aaron P. Rubin
A federal district court dismissed a case against supermodel Gigi Hadid for posting to Instagram a photo of herself that was taken by a paparazzo. The reason for the court’s decision was simple: The party claiming copyright ownership of the photo failed to get
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May 20, 2019 - Advertising, Trademark, Artificial Intelligence, Data Security, Hacking, Defamation, Fair Use, Litigation, Right of Publicity
Trademarks as hashtags; influencer sues company allegedly depicting him in an ad; new uses for AI technology
By: Aaron P. Rubin
A federal district court in California has added to the small body of case law addressing whether it’s permissible for one party to use another party’s trademark as a hashtag. The court held that, for several reasons, the 9th Circuit’s nominative fair use analysis
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March 05, 2018 - Copyright, Fair Use
All Eyes on Fair Use: The Second Circuit Delivers a Victory for Copyright Owners
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
In U.S. copyright law circles, one of the hottest topics of debate is the degree to which the fair use doctrine—which allows for certain unauthorized uses of copyrighted works—should protect companies building commercial products and services based on content created by others, especially where
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Topic Archives: Fair Use

Social Links: August 2024

By: Lawrence W. Gallick, Anthony M. Ramirez and Aaron P. Rubin

California Federal Court Holds X’s Claims Against Scraper Preempted by Federal Law

By: Lawrence W. Gallick and Aaron P. Rubin

By Winning Motion to Dismiss, Supermodel Loses Chance to Clarify Whether She Can Lawfully Post Photos of Herself to Social Media

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Trademarks as hashtags; influencer sues company allegedly depicting him in an ad; new uses for AI technology

By: Aaron P. Rubin

All Eyes on Fair Use: The Second Circuit Delivers a Victory for Copyright Owners

By: J. Alexander Lawrence