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Consumer-Generated Content

Date: 12/08/2010
Professional: Leonard Glickman
Conference: Fourth Internet Law course
Organizer: Federated Press
City: Toronto

On December 8, 2010, Leonard Glickman will be speaking on the topic of Consumer-Generated Content at Federated Press' 4th Internet Law course.

SYNOPSIS:

User generated content is becoming as popular as traditional, professionally developed content, marking a shift from organizations creating online content to creating the facilities and framework for users to publish their own content. This session will look at the legal implications of utilizing user generated content.

  • Practical and legal implications of consumer-generated content
  • Monitoring user generated content appearing on your web site
  • Liability for content posted on your web site
  • Guarding against user generated comments that are defamatory, infringe copyright, or are obscene
  • Controlling third-party personal information in user-generated content


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Leonard is a partner in the firm’s Information, Communications & Entertainment Law Practice where he provides transactional and intellectual property advice to clients in the entertainment, sports and fashion industries.