[Philip Lelyveld comment: the entire article has the usual Silicon Valley anti-IP spin, but this one particular presentation raises interesting concerns on both sides of the issue.]
We are just beginning to understand who controls social media at work
The now-famous case over a blog that sued an outgoing writer to reclaim his Twitter followers is forcing scholars to think about who owns workplace social media accounts. Professor Zoe Argento explored how to balance the personal character of an account versus the account’s value to a company’s goodwill. The issue is turning into a can of worms not just for the law of trade secret but for employment law too. (See the abstract for Argento’s “Who owns the Social Media Account.”)
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