Internet Law

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Is a hacked Facebook ‘cyberstalking‘?

A Facebook ‘Secret Lovers’ post and possibly intercepted Facebook messages may be creepy, but they’re not ‘cyberstalking,’ says Second DCA in Horowitz v. Horowitz. I happened to be doing some research today and stumbled across a case from last year that, because of its focus on a couple of Facebook posts, piqued my interest. In 2013, a wife, Maureen P.…

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The Cobbler Nevada lawsuits are over a film called The Cobbler
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Cobbler Nevada lawsuits filed in Florida over Adam Sander film ‘The Cobbler’

We recently wrote about Clear Skies Nevada, which filed 5 new lawsuits in the Middle District of Florida on November 20, 2015. However, prior to filing those lawsuits, the same firm filed 6 other suits on behalf of related Plaintiff Cobbler Nevada, LLC.  In these six Cobbler Nevada lawsuits, the Plaintiff is the alleged copyright owner of the Adam…

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Content ID software looks for infringing YouTube videos
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YouTube’s Infringement-Detecting Content ID Software Not Exactly Foolproof

It should come as no surprise, considering the nature of the service YouTube offers, that YouTube has a longstanding history of combing through its users’ videos for possible copyright infringement. Recently, the search for copyrighted content has been streamlined, and the technology behind it, casting a wide net. New “Content ID” software has been implemented…

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