Eric Goldman

MAY 20, 2025

” Remember this perspective when the Ninth Circuit analyzes the various censorial state laws designed to control or strip away “platforms'” curatorial or discovery efforts. Third, the court is correct that a blog post without any promotion can be the tree that falls in the forest that no one hears.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Generative AI has transformed how people around the world work; how they create; and what they see, hear, and watch online. Despite the busy 2024 litigation year against companies offering AI platforms in 2024, significant intellectual property questions remain unanswered as the calendar turns to 2025.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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. I hope we’ll hear YouTube’s side of this story about why it didn’t honor the putback notices. Case Citation : Invisible Narratives LLC v.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 26, 2025

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.

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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. Case Citation : Doe v.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

2025 WL 336741 (S.D. 30, 2025) MORE ON DOE V. The court concludes: “Because Fenix neither materially contributed to the illegality of Romelus’s video nor had actual knowledge that Romelus and Charles were engaged in sex trafficking, Fenix is entitled to immunity under Section 230. ” Case Citation : Doe v.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 26, 2025

2025 WL 1314179 (N.D. May 6, 2025) Prior blog posts ( 1 , 2 ). 2025 WL 1266928 (N.D. May 1, 2025) The plaintiffs allege that Apple impermissibly stores CSAM in its iCloud storage. Grindr, LLC, 2025 N.Y. April 1, 2025) This case involves a Grindr user, Weinreb, who allegedly sexually abused an underage Grindr user.

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