Periscope Gets Push-Back from Hollywood, TV, and Sports Leagues

The latest social media application on the rise is Periscope, which allows users to live stream content from their phone to other specific users or to the public if they wish. Many people, however, have used the app’s live-streaming function for “video piracy,” allowing viewers to access copyrighted content that is often, but not always, protected behind some sort of paywall.

Do you think you can avoid the trap of accessing copyrighted content on Periscope?

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In addition to Thriving Attorney, Darin M. Klemchuk is founder of Klemchuk LLP, a litigation, intellectual property, and transactional law firm located in Dallas, Texas.  He also co-founded Project K, a charity devoted to changing the world one random act of kindness at a time.  Click to read more about Darin Klemchuk's practice as an intellectual property lawyer.