Eric Goldman

APRIL 12, 2025

The court is unclear about how Joybuy operates, but it appears that Joybuy (via the entity JD) runs its own online marketplace. The court says that Joybuy sufficiently established that it ran its own online marketplace and thus qualified as a service provider.

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Eric Goldman

MARCH 4, 2025

It claims that 7News Australia downloaded videos from YouTube, stripped out the copyright management information (CMI), and incorporated the videos into its own videos that it uploaded to YouTube. The court says that Viral DRM doesn’t have standing to enforce the copyright. Case Citation : Viral DRM LLC v. Seven West Media Ltd.,

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Distribution The court says “the Forms were accessible at the URLs that plaintiff located. ” However, the court says the plaintiff has to allege actual downloading, not just the mere possibility. The plaintiff didn’t provide any evidence supporting actual downloading, so this claim fails.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 9, 2025

9) Supreme Court Tamps Down on Jawboning and Government Social Media Lawsuits. The Supreme Court is taking a steady stream of Internet Law cases, a trend that will continue for some time. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear the TikTok ban, and Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Free Speech Coalition v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

Now, courts will have the benefit of a “pre-publication” version of the Copyright Office’s long-awaited Report on Generative AI Training (the “May 2025 Report”). Adding to the uncertainty, the day after the pre-publication report was released, the Trump administration dismissed the Register of Copyrights—a move she is challenging in court.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It amuses me to see the often whimsical world of emoji juxtaposed with the stereotype of stodgy, old fashioned courts. With that topic and others, I really admire your straightforward take on what’s going on and where the courts should be going.” Because who doesn’t love emoji? …Emoji law always crack me up.

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Above the Law - Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

Ai.law , a legal technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate litigation documents, has added a new module that will draft the complaint to initiate a lawsuit. The product, which is in beta, generates a Microsoft Word document formatted for the federal court system.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 3, 2024

The US government brought a civil lawsuit against the defendants for 203 violations. It appears that the defendants monetize the downloads using a synthetic currency called “tokens.” Instead, the court easily finds that the defendants qualify for Section 230 protection. It doesn’t work. The Cloud app store qualifies as an ICS.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 30, 2024

The user took the matter to court (pro se), where the lawsuit failed: Contract Breach. This becomes yet another unsuccessful account termination/content removal lawsuit. We don’t know if this is a false positive, but obviously the user claims it is and cares enough to take it to court). ” Fraud. The complaint.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 27, 2024

This is a false advertising lawsuit again the mobile app game Game of Thrones: Conquest. The district court disagreed. The appeals court says this is a sign-in wrap implementation. Protip: don’t rely on courts to bail you out of unforced errors like this. sought to send the case to arbitration. Warner Bros.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 23, 2024

A sample chapter, Chapter 14 (on publicity rights and endorsements), is available as a free download. We also have two online-only chapters on housing discrimination (Chapter 20) and political advertising (Chapter 21), both also freely downloadable. We’ve discussed the book’s background and our goals as authors in this essay.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Specifically, McGucken claims that a total of 337 images were uploaded, of which 165 were downloaded and that led to 938 licenses. Is the attorneys’ fee shift motivating some or all of this lawsuit? Last year, ShutterStock won a very similar lawsuit in Steinmetz v. The court says that demand didn’t confer actual knowledge.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 21, 2024

. “Plaintiff alleges Defendants downloaded and copied Plaintiff’s copyrighted materials from YouTube, and then re-uploaded infringing versions of Plaintiff’s copyrighted media content to their YouTube channels.” The court says that uploading videos to YouTube doesn’t create jurisdiction in YouTube’s home court.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 12, 2024

It was an audaciously mockable pivot…and yet, the district court judge shockingly bought the argument. Unfortunately, the court expresses this intuitively obvious result in a baroque, technical, and inaccessible opinion. The district court said the “website” was the chattel. ” That’s true.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Delaware court system is recognized throughout the legal profession as a leading forum for the litigation of business and commercial disputes. State Court Expansion. As the company’s name suggests, PacerPro developed its PDF2Go service for the federal courts’ PACER electronic filing system. Automatic Distribution.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Delaware court system is recognized throughout the legal profession as a leading forum for the litigation of business and commercial disputes. State Court Expansion. As the company’s name suggests, PacerPro developed its PDF2Go service for the federal courts’ PACER electronic filing system. Automatic Distribution.

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LawSites

APRIL 19, 2022

I built a document automation app online to help people fight their tickets for free using a recent court decision that had come down in Manhattan. There were two other court decisions from just outside of the city that were persuasive as well. Download: The Complete Guide of Document Automation Software for Law Firms.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Roberts Its become known as the sad beige lawsuit or the case that asks the question can you ever really own an aesthetic ? by guest blogger Alexandra J. Sydney Nicole LLC v. Sydney Nicole LLC v. Alyssa Sheil LLC , 1:24-cv-00423-RP (W.D.

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Simple Legal

MARCH 25, 2024

Legal teams juggle numerous matters, each with its own jurisdiction, set of deadlines, court dates, and filing requirements. Failure to manage these events effectively can lead to severe consequences such as case dismissal, attorney sanctions, and even lawsuits. All event details are listed within its matter page.

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Clio

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the advent of technology in the legal industry, forward-thinking trial lawyers are getting ahead and practicing more efficiently and effectively in the office, while working remotely, and even in court. Stay on top of filing deadlines, case milestones, court dates, and more. Never miss an appearance with firm-wide calendars.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

MARCH 9, 2023

The next type is the mobile virtual try ons which takes the form of separate mobile apps that customers can download and choose different products, like makeup, and see it on themselves via their smartphone camera. One example is showcased in the recently dismissed class action lawsuit, Warmack v. Christian Dior, Inc.

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Legal Tech Monitor

AUGUST 24, 2023

To access ChatGPT from an iOS or Android phone: Follow the same process as above using your phone’s browser or download the official ChatGPT app by OpenAI (watch for imitators) for iOS or Android. I will get into this more later.) Sign up to create an account using your email or sign in using a Google, Microsoft, or Apple account.

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

With the CAS’s demise, both sides essentially bet that the courts would side with them. The appeals court rejected the vicarious claims but upheld the contributory claims. Vicarious Infringement The appeals court says that Cox lacked the requisite “direct financial interest” in subscribers’ infringements.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2023

The court treats this as a surprisingly easy Section 230 case and dismisses the case. By definition, Snap’s failure to remove CSAM distributed on Snapchat by third parties, and Apple’s and Google’s choice to allow Snapchat to remain available for download in their online stores, involve “reviewing. Next stop: the 9th Circuit.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 26, 2024

On remand, the court dismisses the remaining defendants primarily due to Section 230, with leave to amend. The court summarizes the facts: Plaintiff alleges she was trafficked as a minor and her traffickers filmed her while she was engaged in sex acts. . See my post on accidental CSAM downloads. The Lemmon v. Revenue-Sharing.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The flagship product automates drafting responses to lawsuits, discovery requests, demand letters, and more by leveraging a firm’s historical data. So Marlene, a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned another case where someone submitted the brief to the court. The podcast focused on innovative and creative ideas in the legal profession.

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Clio

JUNE 14, 2023

Originally introduced in the Senate in 2020, this law prevents federal employees from downloading or using TikTok on federal government and government corporation devices. This law—which comes into effect on January 1, 2024—prohibits “entities” (such as Apple and Google) from allowing others to access or download TikTok in Montana.

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Legal Tech Monitor

APRIL 27, 2023

This lack of clarity can lead to disputes and even lawsuits. The mother filed a lawsuit, arguing that her use of the song was fair use. The court ruled in her favor, emphasizing the importance of considering fair use before issuing takedown notices. Universal Music issued a takedown notice, claiming copyright infringement.

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Lawmatics

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It lists availability 24/7, fighting for maximum compensation, tireless advocacy in and out of court, free consultations and compassionate support as reasons to choose him. Additional elements like a professional headshot, downloadable bio, and video interview enhance shareability while conveying authentic personality.

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Legal Tech Monitor

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The flagship product automates drafting responses to lawsuits, discovery requests, demand letters, and more by leveraging a firm’s historical data. So Marlene, a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned another case where someone submitted the brief to the court. The podcast focused on innovative and creative ideas in the legal profession.

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Trial Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Superior Court judge Brian Holeman sided with news organizations, allowing the release of the deposition video from a $10 million lawsuit filed by Trump against chef Geoffrey Zakarian, who had signed a lease to run a restaurant in Trump's hotel in the Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, near the White House.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Those efforts all failed in court (see links at the bottom of this post). This post covers two more rulings this week involving anti-TikTok efforts: Montana’s TikTok ban and Indiana’s consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok. In particular, in 2020, the Trump administration tried to ban TikTok and WeChat.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 13, 2024

This is another lawsuit against an Internet access provider (IAP) for user-committed copyright infringement via P2P file sharing. My post on a pre-pandemic district court ruling in this case. The appeals court disagrees. ” However, the court must make some razor-fine distinctions between Grande and Twitter.

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 18, 2025

Plaintiffs are still regularly bringing lawsuits over embedding. The court doesn’t discuss the Hunley case at all. January 14, 2025) Same district court, same day, different result (most likely because this was a motion to dismiss instead of a motion for judgment on the pleadings). Townsquare Media, Inc., Lynk Media LLC v.

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