Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property
Mar. 5, 2018
Shifting approach to fair use of user-generated content
It used to be the case that user-generated content was seen as free for the taking.





Joe Moschella
General Counsel
Jukin Media, Inc.
Email: joe@jukinmedia.com
Joe is general counsel at Jukin Media, Inc. and assistant general counsel at Trusted Media Brands, Inc. His views are personal and not those of his employers.
There has been a sea change over the past few years in how the world treats user-generated content. It used to be the case that user-generated content was seen as free for the taking; however, that view has rapidly evolved to a pay for content model as (i) owners have become more savvy about protecting their content; (ii) licensing agencies have become better in quickly acquiring content and defending owners' rights; (iii) platforms have increasingly employed rights m...
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