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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

I did a deep dive on this topic in December , but the general gist of it is that copyright law preempts state law claims if the state-law claims come within the general scope of copyright. This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech. This case represents the latter circumstance.

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Decoding Justice: Key Differences Between Civil and Criminal Litigation

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Have you ever found yourself curious about the legal stuff you hear about? The legal proceedings can be broadly categorised into civil and criminal litigation, each governed by distinct laws and procedures. Employment law, for example, where an employee suffers discrimination.

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

Eric Goldman

That section states that rights under state laws that are “equivalent” to rights under copyright law are preempted. The case law in the Ninth Circuit — the other appellate circuit central to developing copyright law, especially regarding new technologies — seems to support the Seventh Circuit’s majority approach.

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Cybersecurity in the Remote Work Era: AI, Employees and an Integrated Defense – With SessionGuardian’s Jordan Ellington and Oren Leib, and Katten’s Trisha Sircar (TGIR Ep. 211)

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

Marlene Gebauer 9:21 So Jordan, or Oren, or both of you, and I’m very interested in hearing the answer to this this question because, you know, just we’ve heard so much about these certifications in the past. But you know, why do you think ISO and sock two certifications are not sufficient anymore for law firms?

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Section 230 Immunizes Snap, Even if It’s “Inherently Dangerous”–L.W. v. Snap

Eric Goldman

The plaintiffs asserted products liability and related claims against Snap, on the premise that Snap “is an inherently dangerous software product that Defendants deceptively advertise and promote in a way that facilitates sex crimes against children.” ” Third-Party Content. ” Application.

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Cybersecurity in the Remote Work Era: AI, Employees and an Integrated Defense – With SessionGuardian’s Jordan Ellington and Oren Leib, and Katten’s Trisha Sircar (TGIR Ep. 211)

Legal Tech Monitor

Marlene Gebauer 9:21 So Jordan, or Oren, or both of you, and I’m very interested in hearing the answer to this this question because, you know, just we’ve heard so much about these certifications in the past. But you know, why do you think ISO and sock two certifications are not sufficient anymore for law firms?

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The 7th Circuit’s Section 230 Jurisprudence’s Impact on FOSTA Cases

Eric Goldman

Section 230 says there can be only one defendant for those items of third-party content, and it isn’t the tertiary player Salesforce. Snap * The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable) * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. The plaintiffs also invoked FOSTA.

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