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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. In 2023, the EU launched its Digital Services Act. Then, in Liapes v.

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Facebook Can Reject Unwanted Ads–Newton v. Meta

Eric Goldman

This is yet another online content removal lawsuit, and it reaches the obvious and inevitable result that dozens of cases have reached before it. The lawsuit against Facebook for refusing the film ads is an easy dismissal. The only question at issue is whether the lawsuit treats Facebook’s refusal as a publisher/speaker action.

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Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v. Microsoft

Eric Goldman

This lawsuit relates to an episode of the TV show Evil Lives Here called “I Invited Him In,” which discusses an NY serial killer named Nathaniel White. 2007); Shah v. Discovery Communications LLC , 2023 WL 3335417 (Fla. May 10, 2023) The post Section 230 Immunizes Bing’s Search Results–White v.

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

August 9, 2023) This case involves StubHub’s obligations to provide refunds due to COVID cancellations. July 31, 2023) This is a lawsuit over Blue Kai’s alleged keystroke logging on ESPN.com. July 28, 2023) This is one of the seemingly infinite number of Facebook Pixel cases. 22-15879 (9th Cir. 23-cv-00368-SI.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir. July 17, 2023). Second, it fits better with the “opt-out” design of the Internet, so it makes it easier to dispose of “troll-like” cases like the Hunley lawsuit. Neither Time nor BuzzFeed sought or obtained authorization from the photographers to do so. Amazon.com, Inc. ,

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The entire purpose of the discovery rule is to allow a plaintiff to recover damages that occurred more than three years before the date the lawsuit was filed. The Supreme Court’s opportunity came with the 2023 decision in Nealy v. Two years later, in Starz Entertainment v. MGM Domestic Television Distribution, LLC , 39 F.4th

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From Pain to Creativity: How AI Helped Kristina Kashtanova Illustrate Her “Zarya of the Dawn” Story – featuring Richmond Law’s Ashley Dobbs and Roger Skalbeck (TGIR Ep. 196)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

So 2023 It actually I’m sorry, 2022 it actually took place in August. And because I have master’s in computer science, I worked as a programmer and you know, when I was studying, it was at 2000 to 2007 I did my masters. They also have shows in Maryland. It’s usually on the anniversary of the The man’s birthday. And I think DeviantArt.