Publishing

This exact topic came up at the Licensing International Expo 2011 (#LX11) and my colleague Staci Riordan blogged about it here. Check out the legal issues around this growing area. “Imagine watching Inception at home and being able to instantly [...]

“When Paul Ceglia first claimed he owned half of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook shares, not too many people paid attention. But when he hired lawyers from megafirm DLA Piper to re-file his lawsuit in federal court—and attached a bunch of alleged [...]

“It’s perverse, but true. If the last ten years have taught us anything, it’s that proper licensing carries serious disadvantages, and oftentimes, invites failure. Doing the right thing just hasn’t paid. It’s why Spotify is begging to get into the [...]

Billboard.biz reports, “One of the issues behind Google’s decision to launch its Music Beta Cloud service without the necessary licenses has also been felt in negotiations between the majors and Apple over the latter’s forthcoming cloud offering, sources told Billboard. [...]

Especially for my legal colleagues reading this, this article illustrates the closing gap between social media and the law. There are so many ways we can obtain evidence for litigation/trial purposes. Get savvy about the law (in this area) so [...]

“Is Twitter destroying celebrities’ privacy or eradicating censorship once and for all? For the answer, we turn to the UK, which has been gripped with a #superinjunction craze this past week. In the UK, celebrities sometimes go to court to get “super [...]

THR, Esq. reports in this exclusive and developing story the OMGFacts Twitter law suit. Social media is here to stay. The lawsuits will increase from bloggers, “twitterers” and other social media influencers. Also, we are still dealing in the legal [...]

While speaking at Retail Camp last weekend, a Journalist turned Fashion Blogger in the audience inquired into why I required  my writers at Ladybrille sign an agreement. She explained that as a Journalist she never had to sign an agreement. [...]

Above the Law via Scott Graham of Legal Pad brings our attention to the recent  IP panel discussion by Alex Kozinski,  Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Chief Judge”). The Chief Judge believes [...]