• Creator Economy Law – Issue #25

    Creator Economy Law – Issue #25

    YouTubers sued, SEC charges for endorsements, FTC investigating platforms, AI Copyright boundaries pushed, Epic announces Creator Economy 2.0, and more! This is Creator Economy Law, a newsletter dedicated to exploring and analyzing the legal issues surrounding the creator economy, creators, and internet platforms. If you enjoy what you’re reading, share with friends, and invite them…

  • Creator Economy Law – Issue #24

    Creator Economy Law – Issue #24

    TikTok ban or sale imminent, Copyright Office AI guidance, $75B creator economy revenues by 2024, SVB and creators, More AI + less ethics, and more! This is Creator Economy Law, a newsletter dedicated to exploring and analyzing the legal issues surrounding the creator economy, creators, and internet platforms. If you enjoy what you’re reading, share…

  • Creator Economy Law – Issue #23

    Creator Economy Law – Issue #23

    RESTRICTing TikTok, AI Fight with Copyright Office Continues, FTC “weaponized”​ against Twitter, YouTube Music’s union problem, + more! This is Creator Economy Law, a newsletter dedicated to exploring and analyzing the legal issues surrounding the creator economy, creators, and internet platforms. If you enjoy what you’re reading, share with friends, and invite them to subscribe…

  • NLRB Issues Decision in YouTube Music Workers Misclassification

    The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is coming to haunt Google’s YouTube Music for classifying some workers as contractors instead of employees. The contractors “constitute a unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining within the meaning of Section 9(b) of the Act.” The decision says that “Employees will vote whether or not they wish to be represented for purposes…

  • What’s going on with original audio on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Reels?

    If you use any short-form content platform, such as TikTok, Instagram / Facebook Reels, or YouTube Shorts, then you’ve probably seen the “Original Audio” indicator or some other feature that flags the audio source for the content. But, have you ever stopped to think about the legal issues that surround audio in short-form content? Let’s…

  • How can creators prove content authenticity? Rapid AI advancements make this problematic.

    What’s one of the biggest issues for content creators and brands in the face of AI’s rapid development? 🕵️‍♂️ Proving content authenticity. Patrick Kulp over at AdWeek published a great article The Rise of AI Content Generation Stirs Brand Reputation Fears. As noted in the article, “Gartner predicts 80% of marketers will deal with content…

  • USCO Rejects Registration of AI Generated Work

    USCO Rejects Registration of AI Generated Work

    The U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) will NOT allow registration of AI-generated images as part of larger graphic novel registration. The generative works were not properly disclaimed, and therefore the USCO is reissuing a certificate to fix and limit the original registration. “We conclude that Ms. [sic] Kashtanova is the author of the Work’s text as…

  • Oral arguments take place today in Twitter v. Taamneh. Here’s why it matters for creators and the creator economy…

    Oral arguments take place today in Twitter v. Taamneh. Here’s why it matters for creators and the creator economy…

    It’s day two! Today, February 21, 2023, oral arguments take place in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh. Here’s why this matters for creators and the creator economy… The second of two cases before the Supreme Court is Twitter v. Taamneh.  Twitter v. Taamneh goes beyond Section 230 (and yesterday’s Gonzalez v. Google case) and implicates Section 2333 of the…

  • Oral arguments take place today in Gonzalez v. Google. Here’s why it matters for creators and the Creator Economy…

    Oral arguments take place today in Gonzalez v. Google. Here’s why it matters for creators and the Creator Economy…

    Today, oral arguments take place in Gonzalez v. Google LLC. Here’s why this matters for creators and the creator economy… Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act became law in the 1990s and specifically provides a liability shield for internet service providers, which includes platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and Meta, from being publishers of user-generated content. The first of two…

  • Digital Services Act (DSA) Drops… VLOPs numbers and more!

    February 17, 2023, marked the end of the 3-month deadline for social media platforms operating in the EU to report the number of active end users on their websites, a requirement under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). Based on the reported user numbers, the Commission will make an assessment as to whether a platform…