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What is a “Social Media Platform”?–NetChoice v. Uthmeier

Eric Goldman

To dispose of various motions, the court must construe the statutory term “social media platform.” ” Florida’s statutory definition: Social media platform means any information service, system, Internet search engine, or access software provider that: 1. This is the post-SCOTUS remand of Moody v.

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Another TOS Formation Failure in the 9th Circuit–Godun v. JustAnswer

Eric Goldman

JustAnswers’ TOS formation process was rejected in the California state courts. It fares no better in federal court. The term “advisal” appears 29 times in this opinion, which confused me on two fronts. Second, the word “advisal” is not being used for its dictionary definition.

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Think Kiwi Farms Is Legally Unassailable? Copyright Law Might Disagree–Greer v. Moon

Eric Goldman

The Court Opinion Greer was a target of one of Kiwi Farms’ attacks. “Kiwi Farms users provided a Google Drive link to a full copy of Mr. Greer’s book.” The district court dismissed the contributory claim because the defendants didn’t materially contribute to the infringement. CloudFlare’s block ).

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Reddit Challenges Anthropic’s Scraping to Create Generative AI Models (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

But on June 4th, Reddit sued Anthropic in the Superior Court of California for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, trespass to chattels, tortious interference, and unfair competition. Almost all of the major legal scraping precedents happened in the Northern District, and it is definitely unusual that this was filed in state court.

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The Internet Survives SCOTUS Review (This Time)–Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google

Eric Goldman

Supreme Court [FN]. Twitter won its decision unanimously, and the Supreme Court per curiam punted the Google case back to the 9th Circuit with the clear message that the plaintiffs should lose. The Supreme Court says that the term “aiding and abetting” in the statute should be interpreted using the common law.

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A Literal Generative AI Discussion: How AI Could Reshape Law

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

For the Fourth of July week, we thought we’d do something fun and probably a little weird. Greg spoke with an AI guest named Justis for this episode. Justis, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, was able to have a natural conversation with Greg and provide insightful perspectives on the use of generative AI in the legal industry, specifically in law firms.

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“Ringless Voicemail” Vendor Wins Section 230 Defense Against FTC–US v. Stratics Networks

Eric Goldman

[This is one of those opinions that is a slog to blog because the court’s statutory analysis made my head hurt. The first question the court must resolve is whether ringless voicemails qualify as “telephone calls” for purposes of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, which prohibits deceptive or abusive telemarketing practices.

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