Amazon Defeats Lawsuit Over Its Keyword Ad Purchases–Lasoff v. Amazon
…product pages containing listings from the alleged counterfeiters. Section 230 Citing the Ninth Circuit’s ccBill v. Perfect 10 ruling, the court cleans out all of the state law claims (unfair…
Ten Worst Section 230 Rulings of 2016 (Plus the Five Best)
…So rather than enumerate the 10 most important Section 230 rulings, I’ve cynically decided to just list out the 10 worst rulings this year. For those looking for a ray…
Ad Network Defeats Secondary Copyright Claims–ALS Scan v. JuicyAds
…hypothetical “stolencelebritypics.com” example in Perfect 10 v. ccBill–which ALS Scan chose to imitate even though ccBill was a defense win). Tiger moved to dismiss the complaint. The court grants the…
512 Safe Harbor Applies to Content Submitted By Independent Contractors–BWP v. Examiner
…contractor route. Finally, as Eric notes, it’s interesting to see courts’ skepticism towards BWP. In that sense, maybe they are the latest iteration of Perfect 10? Eric’s comments: * BWP…
Q4 2014 & Q1 2015 Quick Links Part 8 (Copyright, Media)
…Not $80 Million * Court orders Perfect 10 to pay Giganews $5.6M in attorneys’ fees and costs. * Ars Technica: Piracy notwithstanding, MPAA enjoys a “very strong year”—again * Music…
Are Takedowns in 48 Hours “Expeditious” Enough?–Square Ring v. UStream
…too many prior rulings on whether the service provider’s turnaround was expeditious enough. The only one I could easily find in my blog archives was Perfect 10 v. Google, where…
Top 10 Fair Use Cases of 2014 (Guest Blog Post)
…Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd., 448 F.3d 605 (2d Cir. 2006) and Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007), involves fair use findings in…
Perfect 10 Loses Copyright Suit Against USENET Service Provider–Perfect 10 v. Giganews
…requirement is that the defendant make money from the plaintiff’s works. Check out how the court uses Perfect 10’s arguments against it: Perfect 10’s evidence that the Usenet is awash…
Q3 2014 Quick Links, Part 1 (RTBF, Reviews, IP & More)
…the Perfect 10 cases. Accepting the allegations in her complaint as true, Routt has pleaded that Amazon has a right to monitor its Associates’ websites and that it may terminate…
New Copyright Office Compendium Discussion About Designating Sec. 512 Agents
…Perfect 10, Inc. v. Yandex N.V., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65802, at *21 (N.D. Cal. May 7, 2013) (“The statute plainly specifies that a registered agent is a predicate, express…