Internet & New Media Law
Artists’ Intellectual Property Builds Art Licensing Business
April 24, 2015Artists focus on their creativity, their technique, and their product. If, however, you are looking to license your art, you should be equally focused on protecting your intellectual property. Your copyrights and trademarks are the lifeblood of your art licensing business and the foundations for all your branding initiatives. In this blog post, I answer some common questions artists ask about copyrights, trademarks, and branding.
Read More...How to Spot Legal Issues in Your Social Media Campaigns
December 16, 2014Social media campaigns come fast and furious, here today and gone tomorrow. Brands may be tempted to skip legal vetting, assuming their offers will fly under the radar of regulators. Even if you don’t have inside counsel, your marketing team should have a vetting system in place. Marketers can learn to spot legal issues and work to reduce risk with outside counsel. Here are twelve laws with which social media marketers should be familiar when deciding when to turn to legal counsel.
Read More...Reframing the Pinterest Debate: Seeking Technological Solutions to Copyright Problems
March 21, 2012The Wall Street Journal took notice of the growing concern over Pinterest’s policies in its blog and print editions last week. It cited to this author’s blog in its article “How to Use Pinterest without Breaking the Law.”
Read More...Lessons Learned from a Social Media Specialist’s Firing
July 26, 2011Last month, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Center (LVEDC) in Pennsylvania fired a social media “specialist” after she posted the following Tweet: “We start summer hours today. That means most of the staff leave at noon, many to hit the links. Do you observe summer hours? What do you do?” It seems that the specialist was using social media correctly to try to engage followers in a conversation. On the other hand, the tweet led some followers to question if Friday golf was appropriate for an organization funded at least partially by tax dollars.
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