Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

My ranking of the top 10 Internet Law developments of 2024. There are supposed to be conflicts-of-interest laws that prevent this, but America has become a post-conflicts kleptocracy). 9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. 10) X/Twitter Embraces Partisan Bias. FOLLOW ME THERE!

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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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Eric Goldman

MAY 12, 2023

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. But the commerce clause was not intended to nationalize the whole of America law.” 2007); Shah v. Here’s an incomplete list: Maughan v. 4th 1242 (Cal.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2024

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Facebook , a California appeals court shocked the advertising community by suggesting that using common demographic criteria for ad targeting, such as age or gender, may violate California’s anti-discrimination law.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 11, 2023

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. July 31, 2023) This is a lawsuit over Blue Kai’s alleged keystroke logging on ESPN.com. The plaintiff agreed to the TOS in 2007, and the TOS said that Bleacher Report could amend the TOS by providing notice. Walt Disney Corp.

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Ikigai Law

JUNE 30, 2023

This blog post gives an overview of the copyright issues surrounding use of generative AI and their current position under India’s copyright law. 3] Arguably, the position under Indian law may be different from the US Copyright office’s view (for reasons discussed below). Few of the cases are discussed below.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 1, 2023

Instead, Hunley and Brauer filed a class-action lawsuit against Instagram, alleging that Instagram was vicariously liable for, or was liable for encouraging or contributing to, the alleged direct infringement by others, by providing an “embedding” tool that easily could be used to facilitate public display of their photos. 3d 1146 (9th Cir.

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