Web Page Framing Isn’t Trespass to Chattels–Best Carpet Values v. Google
…website hardware (the servers), the domain name, the web pages as electronic files, the web pages’ HTML code, the web pages’ substantive content, and more. In other words, the district…
Court Enjoins Ohio’s Law Requiring Parental Approval for Children’s Social Media Accounts–NetChoice v. Yost
…That the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC/AB 2273) Is Radical Policy * An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) * Op-Ed: The Plan to Blow Up the…
2023 Quick Links: IP, Keyword Ads
…notion that there is no publication or commercial “use” upon placing the image on the open Internet ignores the terms and purpose of Cal. Civ. Code § 3344, which is…
Many Fifth Circuit Judges Hope to Eviscerate Section 230–Doe v. Snap
…So are we doing it all over again? Why, yes we are: Section 502 of the Communications Decency Act expressly authorizes distributor liability for knowingly displaying obscene material to minors….
Section 230 Protects Gmail’s Spam Filter–RNC v. Google
…Civil Code section 2168. If you want an offline analogy, it’s why the postal service is a common carrier but the local mailbox vendor offering PO Boxes is not a…
Comments on the Ruling Declaring California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Unconstitutional–NetChoice v. Bonta
…Ways That the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC/AB 2273) Is Radical Policy Some Memes About California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AB 2273) An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code…
Court Says No Human Author, No Copyright (but Human Authorship of GenAI Outputs Remains Uncertain) (Guest Blog Post)
…is behind 46% of the “developers’” code across all programming languages and 61% of all code written in Java. Those percentages are only going to go up as these tools…
Announcing the 2023 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook
…Code §502 [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=502.&lawCode=PEN] Comparison of Trespass to Chattels Doctrines Intel v. Hamidi (Cal. Sup. Ct.) Register.com v. Verio (Trespass to Chattels section) V. Copyright Copyright Basics (Copyright Office Circular 1)…
How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post)
…text, or make code all from a set of natural language text-based prompts using generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like DALL·E or Midjourney. But artists’ ability to own these works…
Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)
…to so-called “embedded” images: HTML code that directs the user’s browser to display the linked-to image without further action from the user, rather than merely displaying a “hyperlink” that the…