IP in the Sports Arena: Elliott Alderman Interviewed by Radio Entrepreneurs (2023)

Elliott Alderman of Alderman IP was interviewed by Radio Entrepreneurs about the intellectual property and technology issues common to stadiums, arenas, amusement parks, casinos and other venues that run complex technology. Core venue functions are now routinely handled through technology, often a single mobile application: getting around the venue, ticketing, merchandise sales, and food and
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Web Images Aren’t Always Free – The Case For Clearing Rights (2013)

When you see an inviting Internet visual image which seems ripe for the taking, consider that it may not be freely available… Increasingly, I am being contacted by clients on the receiving end of copyright cease and desist letters based on their unlicensed use of visual images in digital works. Not clearing rights is simply
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Reading the Tea Leaves: ISP Obligations After The Second Circuit’s Viacom v. YouTube Decision (2012)

Introduction Although the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not require service providers to actively monitor their sites for infringing content, a provider with” knowledge” of infringing activities must act quickly to remove or disable access to these materials. Knowledge comes in two flavors- – actual and imputed – -but after the Second Circuit’s decision,
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Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com: Ninth Circuit Creates Dangerous New Standard For Website Content Liability (2008)

In a case with far-reaching implications for interactive websites and other online service providers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Fair Housing Council v. Roommates.com, (No. 04-57173, 9th Cir. 2008), recently stripped the defendant website’s conduit immunity under the Communications Decency Act of 1996 [CDA], concluding that the site had materially
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