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Up to 50 Online Posts by Same Author May be Registered as Group at Copyright Office

Balough November 1, 2020 0

(November 1, 2020) Blog posts, social media posts, and short online articles may now be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office as a group. The rule was established to help daily bloggers and other authors who write and publish online a high volume of works. The new registration called Group Registration for Short Online Literary […]

Indiana Sex Offender Social Website Ban Unconstitutional

Balough December 22, 2013 0

An Indiana statute prohibiting most registered sex offenders from using social networking websites is unconstitutional because it is an overly broad infringement of First Amendment rights. The Indiana law prohibited certain sex offenders from using a “social networking web site” or “an instant messaging or chat room program” that “the offender knows allows a person […]