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"What Can I Use and How Can I Use It? Copying and Reposting Online Content," NY Technology Council, New York, N.Y.

By   James Rosenfeld
02.25.14
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Most websites incorporate content that others have created – sometimes with permission, sometimes without it. Website owners and operators post photographs, screen grabs or GIFs from other sources, incorporate content from social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, embed videos from video-sharing sites and reappropriate content in many other ways. Users also post their own text, images, videos and other material on the sites – which may also use third-party content. The panel, featured digital media lawyers from AOL, Vox Media, Time Inc., and DWT, and discussed:

  • Potential areas of legal exposure from using third-party content, based on copyright, trademark, privacy/publicity, libel and other areas of law, that websites should know about
  • Possible legal defenses that allow sites to use third-party content in many circumstances, including fair use, public domain and the legal protections offered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Communications Decency Act
  • Best practices for steering clear of liability and taking advantage of these legal protections
  • With ample time for Q&A and networking, this session was an outstanding source of practical, real-world guidance and useful contacts.

SPEAKERS
Jim Rosenfeld, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Lauren Fisher, General Counsel, Vox Media
Jeff Grossman, Assistant General Counsel, AOL Inc.
Rebecca Sanhueza, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Time Inc

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