Hello! I’m Michelle Strowhiro, an employment lawyer based in Southern California. Today, I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my boutique employment law firm: @strowhirolaw.
When I post about brands getting sued for using unlicensed music in social posts, people ask whether it's just the big record labels going after the big brands.
Here's a case filed today by the producer of a Dario Lessing track who owns the rights to it.
He's suing Tastemade over an IG post using that track.
The complaint notes that the track "is not contained in any commercial music libraries licensed to Meta, TikTok, or other social networks." Key word there being "commercial."
If you post content to a brand/business page, assume that you are posting commercial content.
And if you post commercial content, you cannot use the general music library available to individual users, which includes popular and trending tracks.
Instead, you either need to use the platform commercial libraries, a third-party library cleared for commercial use, or separately negotiate a license to use the track that you want to use.
The CDC issued this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform clinicians and health departments about the hantavirus disease cases caused by infection with Andes virus. The risk to the public's health in the United States is considered extremely low at this time. As a precaution, CDC is working to increase awareness of the outbreak among travelers, public health agencies, laboratories, and healthcare professionals nationwide. https://t.co/DV7S2yQXs4
Kids are on Spring break & I work from home.
Me: "Okay kids, I'm going to my office to work now, let me know if there are any emergencies."
*opens email*
Kids: "MOM! CAN YOU COME HERE?"
*closes email*
Me: "Yes?"
Kids: "Can you tell us which one of us is skipping correctly?"
Just a reminder: don’t pinch your coworkers. Even if they’re not wearing green. There is no St. Patrick’s Day affirmative defense to harassment or assault.
This has been a PSA from your friendly neighborhood employment lawyer.