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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

Thousands of SAD Scheme lawsuits have been filed because the TROs take the online merchant off the marketplace entirely and usually extract some cash. On July 4, 2023, a federal judge declared FREEDOM from government censorship of Internet services. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward.

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Should Copyright Preemption Moot Anti-Scraping TOS Terms? (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

It’s not that half of federal judges have adopted one clear stance on copyright preemption of contracts and the other half have adopted another clear stance. Which is probably a big part of the reason that many judges have been eager to distance themselves from it. Zeidenberg , 86 F.3d 3d 1447, 1454-55 (7th Cir.

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2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. If any of those lawsuits succeed, they pose a potential existential threat to the entire industry. Many judges have turned against Section 230, so we’re seeing a proliferation of jurisprudential experimentation with ideas of how to gut it.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Bias in Algorithms with Professor Robert Koulish

Berkley Technology Law Journal

The risk assessment tool was first introduced in 2009 by the new Obama administration. In that filing the public statements and of these lawsuits, you saw, we found an increase in the dissents of Enforcement and Removal officers, which had the result of keeping more people detained. It was piloted in 2011–2012.

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512(c) Helps Vimeo Defeat the Record Labels. It Only Took 15 Years–Capitol v. Vimeo

Eric Goldman

Capitol Records (the successor to EMI) sent its first cease-and-desist letter to Vimeo in 2008 and sued Vimeo for copyright infringement in 2009. Yes, this is a 15-year-old lawsuit.[FN] FN] [FN: This lawsuit is almost old enough to drive a car. On appeal, the Second Circuit agrees, in an opinion written by Judge Leval.