Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

The 9th Circuit held that some foreign defendants were subject to jurisdiction. On remand, the court dismisses the remaining defendants primarily due to Section 230, with leave to amend. They then uploaded the videos (“Videos”) to adult websites operated by two of the defendants, i.e., WebGroup Czech Republic, a.s.

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Defendant Lawsuit Court Hearing 98

Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

March 23, 2023) Plaintiff provides no argument or supporting legal authority suggesting that a Defendant who files a counter-notice pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § And, emailing the Summons and Complaint to a defendant does not satisfy Rule 4’s requirements for proper service. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017?

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Defendant Court State law Lawsuit 75

Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

In addition, although the takedown notices state that the company contacting Defendants, Appdetex, is Yuga’s DMCA Agent, it does not state that the notice is a DMCA notice. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v.

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Court Failure-to-appear Lawsuit State law 106

Eric Goldman

MAY 5, 2023

May 3, 2023) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Doe v. Per Reddit, the panel said yes to Q1 and no to Q2.

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Lawsuit Defendant Court e-filing 112

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Doe v.

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Lawsuit Court Defendant Hearing 125

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 16, 2024

MG Freesites because the defendant in that case hosted the video and allegedly exercised other content moderation steps around it. FOSTA The plaintiff invoked the FOSTA exception to Section 230, which required the court to decide if plaintiffs to show the defendant had the higher scienter required by 1591 or the lower scienter of 1595.

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Lawsuit Defendant Court Hearing 52

Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 2023

Thus, this rhetorical move doesn’t help defendants identify what conduct is clearly legal. Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Omegle * Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v.

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Lawsuit Court Defendant Hearing 97

Eric Goldman

MAY 2, 2024

Section 230 says there can be only one defendant for those items of third-party content, and it isn’t the tertiary player Salesforce. Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. The plaintiffs also invoked FOSTA.

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Lawsuit Defendant Court Judge 96

Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Doe v.

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Lawsuit Criminal trial Court Failure-to-appear 88

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. Doe fails to state a plausible TVPRA claim, so Doe cannot invoke a statutory exception to 230 immunity.” The district court dismissed the case.

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Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Defendant Court 65

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. US * New Civil FOSTA Lawsuits Push Expansive Legal Theories Against Unexpected Defendants (Guest Blog Post) * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Doe v.

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Lawsuit Court Defendant Failure-to-appear 98

Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Florida federal court might also apply Florida state law, which includes the old Doe v. In other words, in each case, the defendant had a contract agreeing to provide servicesdto the plaintiff that the plaintiff valued, so I don’t see any basis to distinguish among these cases. ” This makes no sense.

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Court Lawsuit Judge Defendant 106

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

A prior ruling summarized the facts the court describes as “harrowing”: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (Charles) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. Defendants require all videos to contain tags. No video could be uploaded without choosing from a set of Defendants’ created tags.

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Defendant Lawsuit Judge Court 59

Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

The court says this isn’t a dispositive issue because “Judge Coogler would have come to the conclusion that Defendants were content providers and thus not entitled to immunity under Section 230 even if he had not considered Anderson.” TikTok ruling. This is both a Section 230 AND First Amendment issue. ” Say what?

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Defendant Failure-to-appear Court Judge 57

Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. Charles and Romelus filmed each other while they raped Plaintiff.

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Defendant Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Court 118

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

How can the “back-office business services” vendor be deemed the proximate cause of any harms with two other defendants in front of it? For the plaintiffs to win against Salesforce (the tertiary defendant), they will need to show that the primary and secondary defendants committed legal violations (i.e.,

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