The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (Case Act)
Author: Susan J. Lutzker Published: August 25th, 2021 The new CASE Act offers the opportunity for copyright owners to enforce their interests before a small-claims tribunal, rather than in expensive federal court litigation. As the specifics of implementing the law take shape, many questions surround its legality and the likely effectiveness. Click here to view entire…
Andy Warhol Decision Spells Stronger Rights for Photographers Fighting Infringers: Addendum
Author: Susan J. Lutzker Published: August 26th, 2021 Less than two weeks after the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its decision in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, narrowing the range of works which can be considered ‘transformative’ under a fair use analysis, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Google…
Big Business is Watching: Employee Tracking in the Workplace
Author: Carolyn Wimbly Martin Published: August 1st, 2021 Rapid advances in technology have enabled employers to track employees with greater granularity and detail than ever before. Large companies like Amazon use algorithms and wearable technology to determine an employee’s location at any given moment. Surprisingly, U.S. privacy laws have little to say about tracking employees…
China’s New Data Protection Law – Personal Information Protection Act (PIPL)
Author: Jenny L. Colgate Published: August 27, 2021 On August 20, 2021, China passed its first general data protection law, called the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”). The law is set to take effect on November 1, 2021 (two months away), and it applies to both (1) in-country processing of personal information of natural persons; and…