Continued Access to Service Not Sufficient to Bind User to New Terms of Service–Stover v. Experian
…to the information contained in [the customer’s] consumer disclosure or report, including but not limited to claims for alleged inaccuracies in [such report] . . . Stover filed suit alleging…
CASE-ing the Joint: The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (Guest Blog Post)
…Report states that the Board can “take into account … any clause or provision of 17 U.S.C. § 504(c) not specifically prohibited by the Act.” [H.R. Rep. 116-252, at 30]…
A Short Summary of the CASE Act (Guest Blog Post)
…litigation in federal District Court. Within three years after the Board begins operations, the Register must file a report with Congress assessing the use and efficacy of this experimental procedure….
A New CJEU Judgment on Copyright-Related Geoblocking – One Step Forward or One Step Back in the EU Commission’s Fight Against Geoblocking? (Guest Blog Post)
…by copyright licensors. In its November 2020 Report, the Commission evaluated, as required by Article 9 of the Anti-Geoblocking Regulation, whether the Regulation should also apply to geoblocking implemented for…
512(f) Claim Against Robo-Notice Sender Can Proceed–Enttech v. Okularity
…Sending 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…
Copyright Plaintiffs Can’t Figure Out What Copyrights They Own, Court Says ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
…worth)–Lenz v. Universal * Copyright Owner Enjoined from Sending DMCA Takedown Notices–Biosafe-One v. Hawks * New(ish) Report on 512 Takedown Notices * Can 512(f) Support an Injunction? Novotny v. Chapman…
A 512(f) Case Leads to a Rare Damages Award (on a Default Judgment)–California Beach v. Du
…from Sending 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…
SF Chronicle Op-Ed: “Prop. 24 is the Wrong Policy Approach, at the Wrong Time, via the Wrong Process”
…Privacy Act * A Status Report on the California Consumer Privacy Act * 41 California Privacy Experts Urge Major Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act * California Amends the…
Facebook Doesn’t Have a Duty to Prevent a Murder–Godwin v. Facebook
…duty to report Stephens for making a terroristic threat because Stephens’ statement that he may “do some murder shit” wasn’t a credible threat. The court expressly declined to apply Section…
Twitter Wins Another Account Suspension Case–Wilson v. Twitter
…Twitter, Inc., 2020 WL 5985191 (S.D. W.V. Sept. 17, 2020). That opinion is the magistrate report. The supervising judge approved it verbatim, 2020 WL 5983900 (S.D. W.V. Oct. 8, 2020)…