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This is a subject that most people don’t want to contemplate, but it’s definitely something you should be thinking about. Who controls your posts on Facebook and Twitter after you die? As of right now, it is the social media site itself. The sites are the ones who set the policy, but a push for new federal regulations may change that. This could be an issue of particular concern when it comes to issues of intellectual property. What about any material that might be copyrighted? It’s not just a matter of personal information that may be stored online; there may also be valuable intellectual property stored there. ScienceDaily’s article “Federal Law Needed to Safeguard ‘Digital Afterlives’, Expert Argues” draws on the article “Facebook’s Afterlife” by Jason Mazzone.

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With more and more businesses and individuals turning to the cloud for data storage, it is more important than ever to insure that that data is secure. Peter Cochrane’s article, “Cloud Security: Why the Future’s Bright – But Not If You’re On the Dark Side”, offers some tips to increase your security.

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According to Twitter’s terms of service, users own their tweets, but Judge Matthew Sciarrino has issued a subpoena requiring Twitter to release tweets in relation to the Occupy movement in New York. In his decision, Judge Sciarrino states that users have no reasonable expectation of privacy once they post. Twitter, however, maintains that the issue really centers around ownership of the tweets and that rests firmly with users: the tweets simply aren’t Twitter’s to turn over. Read the full story here.

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The US is not the only jurisdiction focusing on piracy and shutting down piracy sites, and the UK has joined the fray: “Introduce Anti-Piracy Measures Now, Says Shadow Culture Secretary.”

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Pinterest is the hot new social networking site that allows users to “pin” pictures in a series of “albums” that they create. Pictures can be taken from one’s own personal library or from anywhere – almost – on the internet. Numerous questions about the copyright legality of this practice have lead to sites like Flickr, Yahoo and Facebook adopting Pinterest’s “kill switch” which disables users ability to pin pictures from those sites. Christopher Mims explores “The Genius of Pinterest’s Copyright Dodge.” And here are three articles on how Flickr is responding:

*David Murphy “Flickr Adopts Pinterest ‘Kill Switch’ to Prevent Photo Sharing.”

*Jennifer Van Grove “Flickr Disables Pinterest Pins on Copyrighted Images.”

*Dylan Love “Flickr Is Fighting Copyright Theft On Pinterest.”

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We’ve featured a few articles now on the contentious issue of who owns your social media contacts. Jonathan Barrick has some useful comments on “Who Owns the Account? Navigating the Minefield of Social Ownership.” The article provides tips on how to assess the issue when part of your job responsibility includes maintaining a social media presence.

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Jesse Dill and and Charles Pautsch’s article “Court Cases Are Shaping Social Media” is a good follow up to the two recent cases involving Twitter and LinkedIn that we posted on recently. In their article, they explore how businesses need to begin protecting their social media interests now if social media is a big part of how they are doing business. Even if this isn’t a big part of how you do business today, it may be in the future.

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Here’s a great article on some of the issues in-house counsel should trouble spot in relation to their company and social media. There are both employee and intellectual property ramifications. Darin M Klemchuk’s article, “Protect the Company in the New Social Media World”, appeared in Texas Lawyer, but provides good basic advice.

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Here’s a site that gives you a weekly run down on the top stories in Computer and Internet Law. It is international in scope as it originates in Canada, but is heavily weighted to American articles and news.

You can find the run down for 2011-09-18 here.

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