Internet Law

04Apr 2024

Non-Fungible Tokens Revisited

April 4, 2024 Adam Garson Intellectual Property, Internet Law, Trademark

Remember NFTs (“Non-Fungible Tokens”)? As a reminder, an NFT is a type of digital asset that represents ownership or proof of authenticity of a unique item or piece of content, such as artwork, music, videos, or collectibles, using blockchain technology. Unlike cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, which are fungible and can be exchanged on a one-to-one basis, NFTs […]

21Sep 2023

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Binding Contracts with the Thumbs UP

September 21, 2023 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, contract law, Internet Law

Dear Doc: What’s Up Doc? A thumb! So what does it take for a text message to become a legally binding contract? Signed,Sorta Worried Dear Sorta: One of the first things you learn in law school (provided you’re paying attention) is that in order to have a contract, you need an offer, acceptance of the […]

02Mar 2023

Old News Still True: The Internet is Not Free

March 2, 2023 Adam Garson Intellectual Property, Internet Law

Development and public release of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbots has cast AI into the public spotlight even though it has been a subject of modern academic research since the 1940’s. Over the years, we’ve written several articles on artificial intelligence and intellectual property law. Way back in 2017, we pondered the question of whether a work generated by AI is protected under copyright […]

23Sep 2021

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Online Linking

September 23, 2021 Lawrence Husick Copyright, Internet Law

Dear Doc: I heard that it’s now illegal to put links to photos and videos on your webpages and in social media posts? Really? Won’t that just destroy the entire Internet? Asking for a friend. Signed,Every Internet User, Ever Dear Every: Yup. You heard right, at least as far as New York Federal District […]

01Jul 2021

Supreme Court Fights Abuses of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act

July 1, 2021 Joshua Waterston cybersecurity, Internet Law

For 35 years, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) has been a powerful weapon in law enforcement’s arsenal against computer hackers. Essentially, it criminalized the standard definition of hacking – accessing information on a computer, where the user lacks authorization to do so. But what happens when someone is authorized to access the information, […]

03Jun 2021

What Is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act?

June 3, 2021 Joshua Waterston Internet Law

Over the past few years, you may have heard various people express support for or opposition to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. While President Trump and others have accused Internet content publishers of using it to discriminate against conservative points of view, the reality is quite different and actually not political at all. While people will […]

04Feb 2021

Third Party Cookies Crumble. Is Google’s Replacement Any Better?

February 4, 2021 Joshua Waterston Internet Law

As a scrappy Silicon Valley startup, Google’s motto was “Don’t Be Evil”. The phrase was part of the employee Code of Conduct and was even the Wi-Fi password for its company shuttles. The phrase disappeared from the Code of Conduct in 2018, long after Google had become an Internet search giant and had begun acting […]

03Dec 2020

Keeping Up with Fast-Changing Privacy Laws

December 3, 2020 Joshua Waterston Internet Law, Privacy

How much personal data do you collect from customers, and what privacy laws apply to your business? Recent privacy violations have resulted in penalties of thousands or millions of dollars, with Facebook paying a record FTC fine of $5 billion. Every business needs to know its compliance requirements and potential exposure. Yet the current proliferation […]

06Aug 2020

The Privacy Shield is Badly Cracked!

August 6, 2020 Adam Garson cybersecurity, Internet Law

The ongoing pandemic has not stopped progress in the world of privacy protection. This month there have been huge developments that may have profound implications for commerce between United States and the European Union (EU). We have written extensively about the European “General Data Protection Regulation” or the GDPR. This is a set of privacy regulations that govern […]

07May 2020

Post a Photograph to Social Media and License it to the World?

Authors, beware! The next time you post your work on social media, you may lose significant ownership rights. A core principle of U.S. copyright law is that the author controls how their work is used, and can earn money from that use if they wish. But what happens when a photographer posts her work on […]

Internet Law

Non-Fungible Tokens Revisited

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Binding Contracts with the Thumbs UP

Old News Still True: The Internet is Not Free

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Online Linking

Supreme Court Fights Abuses of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act

What Is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act?

Third Party Cookies Crumble. Is Google’s Replacement Any Better?

Keeping Up with Fast-Changing Privacy Laws

The Privacy Shield is Badly Cracked!

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