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Journalists’ Lack of Harm Fatal to DMCA Claims Against AI Developer

Debevoise Data Blog

Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York dismissed plaintiffs’ suit in its entirety, holding that plaintiffs had no cognizable claim for damages or injunctive relief because they failed at this stage of litigation to demonstrate that they had been harmed in any way by OpenAI’s actions. Highway Inn, Inc., App’x 674 (9th Cir.

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The Competition Between Temu and Shein Moves Into a Courtroom–Whaleco v. Shein

Eric Goldman

Given that they are litigating 512(f), your wish was partially granted. Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) CaseAutomattic v. I imagine some of you want both of them to lose.

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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

Benjamin * How Have Section 512(f) Cases Fared Since 2017? Universal * Two 512(f) Rulings Where The Litigants Dispute Copyright Ownership * It Takes a Default Judgment to Win a 17 USC 512(f) CaseAutomattic v. Spoiler: Not Well) * Another Section 512(f) Case FailsISE v. Longarzo * Another 512(f) Case FailsHandshoe v.

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What is the Stored Communications Act? Understanding the SCA & Subpoena Compliance

Percipient

When law enforcement serves a warrant or a civil litigant serves a subpoena seeking your company’s electronically stored information, is your organization prepared to properly respond? For instance, the government is often entitled to more information than a private civil litigant. the actual text of an email). .” See Google v.

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Ninth Circuit Says Section 230 Preempts “Defective Design” Claims–Doe v. Grindr

Eric Goldman

Spoiler: Probably No One) * FOSTAs Political Curse * FOSTA Doesnt Help Pro Se Litigants Defamation Claim Against Facebook * Constitutional Challenge to FOSTA Dismissed for Lack of Standing (Guest Blog Post) * An Update on the Constitutional Court Challenge to FOSTAWoodhull Freedom v.

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2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

If you haven’t been watching the litigation tsunami over Meta Pixels, it’s been a sight to behold. The news continues to be awful for IAPs being legally responsible for not terminating the Internet access of possible recidivist downloaders. Pixel Cases. Last time I checked, I think there were 150 pixel rulings in Westlaw.

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YouTube Again Defeats FOSTA Lawsuit–In re YouTube Trafficking Litigation

Eric Goldman

Plausible allegations that YouTube “generally benefitted from sex traffickers’ use of [its platform]” do not establish that YouTube’s “own conduct” violated section 1591 Case Citation : In re YouTube Trafficking Litigation , 2025 WL 1745759 (N.D. Portman Says SESTA Doesn’t Affect the Good Samaritan Defense.

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