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Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® IPTV Defense - Understanding Dish-Nagrastar Settlement Terms - The "Cooperation Clause"Dish/Nagrastar are going over illegal "resellers" of their copyright protected content and sending demand letters for people charged, in many cases, of being part of a "criminal organization."  They have a anti-piracy team set up to investigate and p...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Social Media Essential - Community Guidelines for Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and other platformsIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, I discuss the importance of following community guidelines for social media platforms and what happens when your account is suspended.  Mainly, you can lose hard-earned follower base, and be forced to submit an appeal that may or may...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - Photo Infringement - Fair use with low-resolution thumbnail? In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Steve Vondran, Esq., discusses a 9th circuit "photo infringement" case where a photographer's copyrighted image was used as a "thumbnail" in low-resolution.  The photographer considered this to be copyright...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Copyright Law Essentials - Fair Use - Parody vs. SatireIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Steve Vondran, copyright and entertainment lawyer, discusses the concept of fair use and more specifically, the difference between parody and satire.  One provides a much greater opportunity for "fair use" rights under section 17 U.S.C. 107 than does the other....

Send us Fan Mail Vondran Legal® - California Defamation, IP & Anti-SLAPP Lawyer In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Steve Vondran, Esq. explains online liable law (generally) and provides you a quick crashcourse on the legal issues involved with:DefamationLibelSlanderLibel per seDamages for defaming someoneAnti-SLAPP lawCommunications Decency ActCan you sue platforms such as TikTok...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Intellectual Property Law - Tales from the Legal Trenches [Data Breach]In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour Steve Vondran, Lawyer, discusses a data breach letter he recieved from Hughes Socol.  Not much of an explanation, and to date they have not responded to my inquiry as to what type of personal financial data may have been compromised.  Instead, all I...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Class Action Lawsuits - Should you join the class as a member?  Inside tales from the legal trenches.  If you need help, call us at (877) 276-5084.Thank you for supporting Vondran Legal Hour. Check out our videos at Attorney Steve YouTube. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail AttorneySteve.com - Entertainment Law Essentials - Modeling Agreements (Key Points to Consider)In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, intellectual property attorney Steve Vondran discusses the key things to know BEFORE SIGNING THAT MODELING / ACTING AGREEMENT.  Once you get locked into a two or three-year contract, you may find it hard to get out of without a lot of hassl...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - BitTorrent Copyright Litigation - Settlement Factors in Strike 3 Holdings, LLC lawsuits. In this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses some of the key factors that can impact your settlement amount when you are facing a lawsuit from Strike 3 Holdings, LLC.  Our firm is a leader in handling California file-sharing lawsuits filed by this...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Civil Litigation Tips - Arbitration of Fee Disputes (OCBA)If you ever feel ripped off by your legal counsel, (as far as the amount or reasonableness of Attorney Fees), this Vondran Legal® podcast will tell you how you can file a fee dispute, even without a lawyer, and seek to recover unreasonable or overpaid fees, or billing errors.  The "subpoena power"...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - DMCA takedown bully counter-defense tips.  The 512(f) retraction letter. In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses those "nagging" DMCA takedown trolls who seek to hit up your creative content with: 1.  DMCA takedown claims (ex. Etsy, YouTube videos, Apple App Store disputes)2.  Monetization claims (ex.  Jumping on your monetizati...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - Vehicle Software - DMCA 1201 ExemptionIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour Attorney Steve® discusses the new guideline issued by the Library of Congress (United States Copyright Office) which provides a limited exemption to have the software in your car, truck, tractor or other vehicle that has software to control things like:Steering as...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® - Software Piracy Defense Essentials - Siemens Federal Court LawsuitIf you received a subpoena notice from your ISP such as Comcast thatt lets you know there is a pending lawsuit filed in the State of Texas Federal District Court, call us for a free initial discussion.  The defendants are being sued as "John Doe" basically because the Plaintiff (Siemens P...

Send us Fan Mail YES YOU CAN PLAY THIS PODCAST FOR YOUR REAL ESTATE TEAM.  In this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® discusses the 10 most important tips that real estate agents and brokers should know when it comes to copyight law and using creative content of third parties on company and agent blogs, podcasts, videos and other social media including facebook, twitter and instagram....

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - Software Code - [Fair Use Defense]This was a big technology case where Oracle sued Google for copyring 11,500 lines of code from the Sun Java Application Programming Interface ("API") and using the code to create the Androind operating system (the worlds most popular mobile operating system).The United States Supreme Court (SCOT...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Sports Due Process AttorneyIf you are being unfairly suspensed, expelled or punished from playing sports such as baseball, football, basketball, volleyball, track or other sports to to Covid019 violations.  It is important to understand your due process rights.  Many colleges believe they are so big that you would never dare challenge them in a legal proceeding or...

Send us Fan Mail Strike 3 Holdings Litigation Defense Insights - Risking the Default Judgment? Our law firm has handled many Strike 3 Holdings BitTorrent litigation cases.  If you received a notice of infringement or a subpoena from your ISP letting you know they are going to release your information, you have limited time to respond or you risk having a "default judgment" entered agains...

Send us Fan Mail SAM Counsel - Attorney Steve® Software Audit Essentials - Autodesk piracy reports may reveal alotIn this exciting episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® the Software Audit Defense Lawyer talks about Autodesk auditing and what happens when someone reports your company for using unlicensed software, or using cracked software, or over-installing software, or even going outsid...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® Piracy & Infringement Defense - Selling Counterfeit or Infringing Apple ProductsIn this episode of Vondran Legal Hour, Attorney Steve® intellectual property defense lawyer shares basic insisghts of what happens if you receive a letter from Apple regarding selling their products without authorization.  They may demand that you "cease and desist" and wi...

Send us Fan Mail Arizona Litigation Law Updates 2021 - Rule 72 Compulsory ArbitrationIn this podcast, Attorney Steve® discuss being appointed as Arbitrator in a case he knows nothing about and a practice area he is not well experienced in.  Such is the rule in Arizona where any member of the AZ state bar can be appointed an arbitratory in a "compulsory arbitration" case. When this happen...

Send us Fan Mail What does a settlement look like with the Business Software Alliance?  By Vondran Legal® the Software Audit Defense Law FirmThe BSA is a software trade association located in Washington D.C.  They have members such as Microsoft, Autodesk and others. When a "whistelblower" (typical situation) reports "software piracy" to them (ex. installing cracked software on...

Send us Fan Mail 2021 BitTorrent Litigation Updates | Strike 3 Holdings Settlement Information | Attorney Steve®Strike 3 Holdings and one of their main law firms (Bandlow Law from California) can be very tough in negotiating settlements against illegal file sharers of their movies Vixen, Blacked and Tushy.  If you are caught up a federal court litigation, the first question most people ask us is &...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® discusses photo infringement in this IP podcast.  He discusses the top 5 legal issues that tips from the trenches when you are dealing with defending your company from an infringement claim.  This could include received a letter from Higbee & Associates, PicRights, ImageRights or an indepedent photographer. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail August 2020 - Internet Lawyer File Sharing UpdatesIn this episode, Attorney Steve® shares new insights in 2020 BitTorrent Litigation in California.  Despite the Covid-19 crisis, Strike 3 is still out filing lawsuits for alleged illegal file sharing of their Tushy, Blacked, and Vixen movies.  But, what about the Cobbler Nevada case which said a BitTorrent Plaintiff like S3 or Malib...

Send us Fan Mail Attorney Steve® July 2020 - BitTorrent Litigation Updates - Early Discovery win for PlaintiffStrike 3 Holdings and Malibu Media are prolific filers on internet "file-sharing" (copyright infringement cases), illegal copying and distribution of adult films such as X-art and Tushy. Vixen, Blacked.  In this episode, Attorney Steve® discusses how the trial court originally DE...