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Articles tagged DMCA (4)

Ken DoctorJuly 30, 2018

Newsonomics: Now it’s Facebook that’s facing unwanted attention

As we see hatred and division multiply across North America and Europe, instigated by malicious use of the technology that was supposed to make us freer and better, we’re paying a different kind of attention. Late, but better than never.

Are news publishers directly liable for embedding tweets that contain images not created by that tweeter?

A New York federal judge ruled that when publishers from The Boston Globe to Vox Media to Breitbart “caused the embedded tweets to appear on their websites, their actions violated plaintiff’s exclusive display right.” Shan Wang

Ken DoctorDecember 19, 2016

Newsonomics: The 2016 media year by the numbers, and a look toward 2017

Fake news percentages, numbers of working journalists, declining print ad revenue: 2016 in numbers.

Ken DoctorNovember 15, 2016

Newsonomics: Fake-news fury forces Google and Facebook to change policy

“Monday’s moves make an interesting first step, but these companies must first embrace their responsibilities — better using both people and machines — in delivering news to vast parts of the U.S. and global democracies.”