Twibel Lawsuit Fails–Ganske v. Mensch
…“Several courts have determined that the inclusion of a hyperlink to a report or article in a communication shared on an Internet forum is a sufficient means of disclosing a…
512(f) Claim Fails in the 11th Circuit–Johnson v. New Destiny Christian Center
…DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman * Allegedly Wrong VeRO Notice of Claimed Infringement Not…
Court Denies TRO Seeking to Remove Facebook’s “Russia State-Controlled Media” Label–Maffick v. Facebook
…of RT (formerly Russia Today), which is “funded by the Russian government.” A “2017 report from the U.S. Director of National Intelligence about Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential…
Competitive Keyword Advertising Still Isn’t Trademark Infringement, Unless…. –Adler v. Reyes & Adler v. McNeil
…McNeil Consulting, LLC, 2020 WL 5134774 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 10, 2020). That is the magistrate’s report. The district court judge approved the magistrate report without change in 2020 WL 5106849…
Australian Court Says Using a Zipper-Mouth Emoji Can Be Defamatory–Burrows v. Houda
…reading of the court’s description, the thread started with tweets reporting on a judge’s criticism of the plaintiff’s handling of a matter in court and suggestion that the plaintiff would…
Want to Know What I Did This Summer? A Roundup of My Projects During the Pandemic Summer
…as part of a report prepared by the Knight Foundation and Gallup. Policy-Related Blog Posts Normally I do about 125 blog posts a year. So far this year, Venkat and…
Section 230 Protects Craigslist from Sex Trafficking Claims, Despite FOSTA–JB v. Craigslist
…trafficking cases.” The plaintiff cited some possibly contrary language in the legislative history, but the court says the statutory language is clear; and that legislative report focused on state criminal,…
Court Orders Rightsowner to Withdraw DMCA Takedown Notices Sent to Amazon–Beyond Blond v. Heldman
…* Michael Savage Takedown Letter Might Violate 512(f)–Brave New Media v. Weiner * Copyright Owner Enjoined from Sending DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices…
IAP Defeats Vicarious Copyright Infringement Claim–UMG v. Bright House
…swats that down, saying it’s a safe harbor, not the basis of a cause of action (citing 512(l)–a lightly cited provision–and the DMCA’s Senate Report). The court summarizes its conclusion:…
Comments on the Internet Association’s Empirical Study of Section 230 Cases
…of Section 230 caselaw from a decade ago. It’s great to have a fresh look at the cases. (I’ll discuss the methodology limitations in a bit). The report’s summary (bolded…