The world has always been filled with people having an abundance of opinions on every imaginable subject . . . and most are all too willing to share those opinions regardless of whether anyone actually asked them to!  In today’s age of social media, sharing one’s opinion or posting a review on a variety of...Read More

Are Online Fantasy Sports Competitions Legal? Opinions Vary in Florida and Nationwide for Online Gaming, Gambling, and Fantasy Sports Law A surprising topic was raised at the October 28, 2015, Republican candidates’ debate when Jeb Bush was asked about his views on regulating fantasy football leagues. In response, Bush likened the popular activity to unregulated...Read More

Computer Hacking in Palm Beach County underscores the need for Businesses to find legal solutions to protect and prosecute sensitive computer data. According to news reports, one or more members of the St. Louis Cardinals may have hacked into the Houston Astros’ database. The alleged hack originated from a computer in Jupiter, Florida, which coincidently...Read More

Fair Use Fair use provides a statutory defense in a copyright action. What fair use proposes is that it is important to protect the authors of copyrighted material’s work; however, there are certain activities that one can perform that should be excused from infringement. These activities include literary and social criticism, educational activities, and First...Read More

Courts have moved swiftly to address copyright infringement when given the opportunity. Two important cases that involve direct copyright infringement in the on-line world are Playboy v. Frena and Sega v. MAPHIA. In Playboy v. Frena, Playboy, sued George Frena, a computer bulletin board service operator, for copyright infringement of pictures that were scanned into...Read More

Copyright infringement occurs when someone exercises control over the exclusive rights of the owner without the owner’s authorization. The exclusive rights of the author include the right of the author to: (1) reproduce their work either privately or publicly, (2) prepare derivative works either privately or publicly. A derivative work is “any work that is...Read More

WOULD “A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME SMELL AS SWEET” IN CYBERSPACE? If one lesson to be learned from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and the famous words, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” is that a thing remains what it is regardless of what it is called or where it appears,...Read More