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“Sharing” Copyrights: The Copyright Implications Of User Content In Social Media, Jessica Gutierrez Alm
“Sharing” Copyrights: The Copyright Implications Of User Content In Social Media, Jessica Gutierrez Alm
Journal of Public Law and Policy
Copyright law in America, in its current stage of development, does not sit well with common social media practices. This article explores the copyright implications of user content on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. It first examines the copyrightability of "user-generated" content, and the broad licenses that users grant by agreeing to the vague Terms of Use that social media sites set forth. The article then looks to "user-found" content and activities such as "sharing" or "pinning" the creative works of others. Through these practices and conflicting Terms of Use, social media websites both encourage and …
Bringing America Back To The Future: Reclaiming A Principle Of Honesty In Property And Ip Law, Joshua J. Schroeder
Bringing America Back To The Future: Reclaiming A Principle Of Honesty In Property And Ip Law, Joshua J. Schroeder
Journal of Public Law and Policy
Seemingly undaunted by global market crisis, intangible assets have continued their course toward maximization as an absolute form of property. In fact, companies worldwide have been criticized for not claiming hundreds of billions of dollars of intangible value including their marketplace goodwill.[1] Overvalued intangible property can be a negative effect on pension funds, retirement and stock prices in general.[2] Shareholders have very little recourse when public businesses write off bad acquisitions of intangibles worth billions. The problem has infected our government to the highest levels. For instance, in 2011, the U.S. treasury's valuation of the U.S. varied by $2 trillion …