The following is not intended to be legal advice and only describes legal concepts in generalized terms with assumptions about the MLS industry. If you have specific questions regarding your … Read more about Getty Images, MLSs, and strict liability for copyright infringement
SM/IDX: What counts as a social media platform?
I proposed back on November 18 that we should have an open discussion about social media and IDX. Enough folks responded here and on Facebook, etc., that they'd like to see the discussion. In later … Read more about SM/IDX: What counts as a social media platform?
CMLS legal counsel seminar, October 5
I'm really excited about the program that our firm has worked on with John Rees and Chris Osborn for the CMLS legal counsel seminar, held in conjunction with the CMLS annual conference in Tucson in … Read more about CMLS legal counsel seminar, October 5
RPR: A year (or so) later
A couple hundred MLSs have signed agreements to license data to RPR in the last 18 months. Some of those agreements have already “auto-renewed” for their second year, and many others are yet to do so. … Read more about RPR: A year (or so) later
Issues for MLSs to Consider Before Licensing Their Data to Third Party Vendors
Recently, some major players in the industry, including CoreLogic (formerly First American), Move, Inc., and NAR’s subsidiary RPR, have offered an exchange to MLSs: access to software/interface tools … Read more about Issues for MLSs to Consider Before Licensing Their Data to Third Party Vendors
Pinning Down the RPR Strategic Proposition
4/26/10 SEE IMPORTANT UPDATES BELOW (Based on follow up email we received from RPR today. Look for additions and deletions.)For the last two months, MLS execs and brokers have frequently asked me, … Read more about Pinning Down the RPR Strategic Proposition
Copyrights in facts and copyright licenses: Copyrights in MLS listing content Part II
As I explained in my last post, ownership in the copyrights in the data content in an MLS is 'scattered' in most MLSs: The MLS (or perhaps its MLS vendor or both jointly) owns the copyright in the … Read more about Copyrights in facts and copyright licenses: Copyrights in MLS listing content Part II
MLS exec comments on RPR and its license agreement
(BNL Note: This post comes from the CEO of a Medium/Large MLS. Like all posts of this kind, views expressed here are those of that author, not necessarily of our companies or our clients.) Dale Ross … Read more about MLS exec comments on RPR and its license agreement
Brokers’ rights to control uses of their data and the RPR license agreement
Elizabeth has begun a series of posts about copyrights in MLS content. I believe another in that series is coming out tomorrow.With this post, I want to point out another basis of rights in listing … Read more about Brokers’ rights to control uses of their data and the RPR license agreement
Text of the RPR agreement and ‘public debate’
RPR has so far refused to post the text of the RPR MLS Content License Agreement online. RPR’s president Marty Frame said (in a comment to a previous post about the agreement) that he hoped more of … Read more about Text of the RPR agreement and ‘public debate’
Broker comment on RPR
The following comes from George Percel, a Florida broker and former association/MLS manager. I offered to share it with MLSTesseract readers. (I added the links to his text. Like all posts of this … Read more about Broker comment on RPR
Another checklist for MLSs considering licensing to RPR
John Rees has offered another checklist for MLSs considering licensing data to RPR.John's list of questions takes a decidedly more legal perspective than Mike Audet's (mentioned in yesterday's post). … Read more about Another checklist for MLSs considering licensing to RPR