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More Thoughts about the SCOTUS Twitter and Google Rulings

Eric Goldman

On Thursday, SCOTUS sided with Twitter on a content liability claim, ruling that Twitter was not culpable for the 2017 Istanbul shooting by connecting ISIS-affiliated accounts. Unfortunately, they sued the wrong defendants, so this was the correct outcome despite their tragedies. Will the courts strike down those regulations?

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Big YouTube Channel Gets TRO Against Being Targeted by DMCA Copyright Takedown Notices–Invisible Narratives v. Next Level Apps

Eric Goldman

The court enjoins Next Level pending a PI hearing on March 3. * * * The DMCA notice-and-takedown scheme was never intended to provide final resolution to copyright owners. The TRO language doesn’t purport to apply to YouTube, nor could it unless YouTube had also been named a defendant.

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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

For those reasons, I strongly suspect this will not be the last we hear of this case. Neither Time nor BuzzFeed was named as a defendant. Jackson , 2017 WL 5629514, *11 (N.D. Instead, the better-reasoned precedent only requires that the defendant engage in “volitional conduct” that directly causes the public display to occur.

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Understanding the CCB’s First Two Final Determinations (Guest Blog Post–Part 3 of 3)

Eric Goldman

Koerner Endowed Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School [See part 1 about defendant opt-outs and part 2 about defendant defaults.] The picture at issue was taken in 2017, and was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office on July 29, 2017. By guest blogger Elizabeth Townsend Gard , John E.

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The Supreme Court and the Registration of the Trademark “FUCT”

Brett Trout

Brunetti Defending the Thought We Hate As I predicted back in January , the United States Supreme Court today invalidated that portion of the Lanham Act 15 U.S. Back in 2017 the United States Supreme Court invalidated another portion of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act that prevented federal registration of “disparaging” trademarks.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

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European Data Protection Roundup – August

Debevoise Data Blog

UK High Court dismisses most of the Dixons data breach claim What happened : The UK High Court dismissed various claims against DSG Retail Limited (“DSG”), the owner of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel, relating to a 2017 – 2018 data breach where hackers accessed personal data in the company’s systems.