ABCDE…WTF?: Attribution, Bots, Copyright, Deep Fakes, Embedding: How Social Media is Disrupting the Basics

This panel will discuss how social media platforms continue to present new challenges to copyright lawyers and rightsholders. Panelists will include representatives from social media companies, policy makers, and lawyers who advise on these issues daily. Specifically, the panel will address the varying views on attribution, including on whether, how, and when to attribute copyright credit to another creator and the recent trend of vigilante enforcement.

Panelists will also discuss the forthcoming legislation surrounding deep facts, such as the NO FAKES Act, and the protections afforded by these new laws. The panel will also cover embedding and how the 2nd and 9th Circuit’s split over the server test complicates the way we share content online. Finally, our panelists will discuss whether and how a social media platform’s terms of service play a role in copyright enforcement and protection in light of the Breitbart decision from the Southern District of New York. While the ABCs of copyright may not be as easy as 1,2,3, this panel will focus on how the basic principles of the Copyright Act are being disrupted by social media.