This week, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will make a long-awaited appearance on Capitol Hill. With Facebook under new and increased scrutiny in the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK)…
Category: Social Media
Legal Battle Over Monkey’s Selfie Leads to Settlement
Recently British photographer David Slater came to a settlement with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in a lawsuit over who owns the copyright to a selfie taken…
Facebook and Whatsapp Fined for Breaching EU Law and Deceiving Consumers
The re-posting of this comment is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. On 18 May 2017, the European Commission…
Getting’ GIFfy with it? The Olympic Ban on GIFs, a Copyright Issue
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) new rules ban viewers of the 2016 Rio Olympics from creating and sharing Graphic Interchange Format graphics (GIFs). The short videos, typically used as sources…
Re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation
Canadian users of Facebook may be familiar with the process of “tagging” photos – adding the names of the people to images – but they may not be familiar with…
Wikimedia vs BUS: How to Regulate Copyright on Public Art in the Digital Age
If you’re thinking about posting on Instagram one more selfie from your recent trip to Sweden, think again. OffeSntlig Konst, an open database where visitors can see descriptions, maps and…