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

Eric Goldman

Section 301(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State.” With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted. Taco Bell Corp. , 3d 446 (6th Cir.

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The Final Verdict: Examining the Death Penalty in the United States and South Carolina

The Barrister

Over the years, the state has shifted between different execution methods and faced significant legal and logistical challenges in carrying out the death penalty. However, in recent years, the state has struggled to obtain necessary drugs for lethal injection due to pharmaceutical companies refusing to supply them for execution.