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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. 2019 WL 3555509 (D. Taco Bell Corp. ,

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Responding to Malicious Corporate Deepfakes

Debevoise Data Blog

Tools like Open AI’s Dall-E 2 and Stability AI’s open-source Stable Diffusion expand access to this creative power, and may further increase the ubiquity of deepfakes, while making it more and more difficult to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent AI-generated content. Instead, states prohibit deepfakes in specific, harmful contexts.

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Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Guy Rub , The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. We know, however, that many laws limit free access and use of information goods, most prominently copyright law (and IP law generally).

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The Tax Season Survival Guide for Law Firms

Lawmatics

In addition, the tax practitioners they work with must understand the specific accounting and tax concerns that lawyers and law firms have. “ “ Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income tax form than it does to make the income. ” — Alfred E. IRS Form 1099-NEC. IRS Form 1065.

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Regulating IP in the Metaverse with Professor Molly Van Houweling

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Her recent scholarly work includes “The New Private Law and Intellectual Property,” forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of the New Private Law (2020); and “Intellectual Property as Property,” in the Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (2019). For example, you can give it to your friend.

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The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable)

Eric Goldman

Craigslist * Facebook Still Can’t Dismiss Sex Trafficking Victims’ Lawsuit in Texas State Court * Craigslist Denied Section 230 Immunity for Classified Ads from 2008–ML v. US (Guest Blog Post) * Indianapolis Police Have Been “Blinded Lately Because They Shut Backpage Down” * Constitutional Challenge Against FOSTA Filed–Woodhull v.

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A New Era of FTC Privacy and Cybersecurity Oversight: Top Ten Things Companies Should Know When Assessing FTC Compliance and Exposure

Debevoise Data Blog

16] As a general rule, CIDs are confidential and not publicly disclosed by the FTC during the investigation period unless the recipient voluntarily discloses the existence of the investigation or files a petition to quash. If disagreements remain, companies have the option of filing a petition to quash within 20 days after receipt of the CID.