Socially Aware

July 31, 2016 - Advertising, Digital Content, Disappearing Content, Marketing, Mobile
Social Links: Twitter’s tough quarter; Yelp warns users about litigious dentist; Pinterest battles Snapchat
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Instagram now allows celebrities to block trolls. While Facebook reached new highs last quarter, Twitter continued to stumble. Will adding more live video content or allowing users to create Snapchat-like collage custom emojis over photos help Twitter regain its footing? Tips for fixing your
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July 29, 2016 - Privacy, Mobile, Litigation
First Circuit Issues Potentially Significant Ruling on Federal Video Privacy Statute’s Application to Mobile Apps
The First Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent decision in Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. may carry important implications for mobile app providers seeking to navigate federal privacy laws—in particular, the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (“VPPA”). Although Yershov is not the
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July 22, 2016 - First Amendment, Protected Speech, Live streaming, Cyberbullying, Disappearing Content, Privacy, Free Speech, Mobile, Litigation
Social Links: Twitter’s troll problem; Snapchat fat-shamer risks prosecution; a federal anti-revenge-porn law?
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Facebook Messenger joins the elite “one billion monthly users” club just four years after its release as a standalone app. A Canadian judge ordered a couple convicted of child neglect to post to all their social media accounts his decision describing their crime. Leslie
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July 21, 2016 - Privacy, Mobile, Litigation
Augmenting Reality: A Pokémon Go Business and Legal Primer
By: Aaron P. Rubin
We have become inured to the sight of people staring at their phones rather than engaging with one another or enjoying their real-life surroundings. But, over the past two weeks, enslavement to mobile devices rose to new levels, with smartphones and tablets actually propelling
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July 05, 2016 - Mobile, Litigation
App Developer Prevails in Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Shift to New Business Model
By: Claudia M. Vetesi
If you make available a service through a free app, and you subsequently decide to migrate users of that app to a paid subscription model, that shouldn’t create any problems, right? Well, app developer LogMeIn did just that, and became the target of a
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June 17, 2016 - Advertising, Online Promotions, Marketing, Ethics, Mobile
Social Links: The ramifications of Microsoft’s LinkedIn purchase; the brands using Snapchat; lawyers’ social media use
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Lots of press surrounding Microsoft’s purchase of LinkedIn: Will LinkedIn change as a result? Will the Microsoft purchase inspire a Twitter acquisition ? “Spam King” gets 30 months in jail for sending 27 million messages. One columnist says you should stop measuring your social
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July 19, 2015 - Terms of Use, Mobile
Mobile App Legal Terms & Conditions: Six Key Considerations
By: Anthony M. Ramirez
For corporations, the mobile app is today’s website. Back in the late 1990s, no self-respecting company, no matter how stodgy and old-fashioned, wanted to be without a website. Today, the same is true with mobile apps. It doesn’t matter what industry a company is
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July 07, 2015 - Status Updates, Copyright, Mobile, IP
Status Updates: Artist sues Pinterest; texting for teens without data plans; quit smoking with social media
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Pin pain. As a primarily visual social media platform whose self-described purpose is to help users bookmark and save “ good stuff you find anywhere around the web ,” Pinterest has raised copyright infringement questions since it became explosively popular in 2012. In many
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Topic Archives: Mobile

Social Links: Twitter’s tough quarter; Yelp warns users about litigious dentist; Pinterest battles Snapchat

By: Aaron P. Rubin

First Circuit Issues Potentially Significant Ruling on Federal Video Privacy Statute’s Application to Mobile Apps

Social Links: Twitter’s troll problem; Snapchat fat-shamer risks prosecution; a federal anti-revenge-porn law?

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Augmenting Reality: A Pokémon Go Business and Legal Primer

By: Aaron P. Rubin

App Developer Prevails in Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Shift to New Business Model

By: Claudia M. Vetesi

Social Links: The ramifications of Microsoft’s LinkedIn purchase; the brands using Snapchat; lawyers’ social media use

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Mobile App Legal Terms & Conditions: Six Key Considerations

By: Anthony M. Ramirez

Status Updates: Artist sues Pinterest; texting for teens without data plans; quit smoking with social media

By: Aaron P. Rubin