As a digital and cultural phenomenon, the realm of online social media is still in its infancy. But as a legal matter, social media is nearly in its 30s, according to the outline of “Key Moments in Social Media Law,” compiled by John Delaney for AmLaw 100 firm Morrison & Foerster’s Socially Aware blog.
For many users of contemporary social media, the Social Year Zero would probably be 2002, when Friendster first appeared online and posited the use “friend” as a verb. But MoFo’s Delaney starts the social legal clock on Jan. 17, 1984, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.:
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