1H 2019 Quick Links, Part 5 (Censorship, Defamation)
…nation. Maryland’s statute appears to overstep these bounds. While I have no cause to block its enforcement wholesale, Plaintiffs have persuaded me that Md. Code Ann., Elec. Law § 13-405,…
A Recap of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Amending the California Consumer Privacy Act (Guest Blog Post)
…500) of the Business and Professions Code and a clinical psychologist as defined in Section 1316.5 of the Health and Safety Code. (D) “Officer” means a natural person elected or…
Court Declines to Dismiss Data Breach Claims Against Facebook Based on Access Token Incident–Bass v. Facebook
…feature (which allows users to see how their timeline may appear to others), the html code would display the access token of the person whose view was simulated. Hackers allegedly…
The Plaintiff Is Probably Pissed About Section 230–Fyk v. Facebook
…gives some background on Fyk’s story). Fyk sued for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, violation of California Business and Professions Code section 17200, civil extortion, and fraud, and he…
D.C. Circuit Issues Sweeping Pro-Section 230 Opinion–Marshall’s Locksmith v. Google
…and scam information in the same manner. Because the defendants employ a “neutral means” and an “automated editorial act” to convert third-party location and area-code information into map pinpoints, those…
Section 230 Doesn’t End Lawsuit Claiming Facebook Facilitated Sex Trafficking–Doe v. Facebook
…to Section 230. The other claim is Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 98, a state law permitting damages for sex trafficking violations. Last time I looked at the…
Section 230 Protects Facebook’s Account and Content Restriction Decisions–Ebeid v. Facebook
…First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution; (iii) California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 51 et seq. (the “UCRA” or “Unruh Act”); (iv) fraud/intentional misrepresentation; (v) breach of…
Recap of the Copyright Office’s Section 512 Study Roundtable
…filtering will affect GitHub despite its exception. Open source code often compiles code from many sources, and filtering could detect and break any of them Siy: it may be impossible…
Ruling in Emoji Beach Ball IP Case Left Me Confused 😕–Kangaroo v. Amazon
…trial as well. Negligence. The plaintiff alleges that Amazon negligently merged its unique product code with its competitor’s code. The court says Amazon “had full control over the content displayed…
Top Internet Law Developments of 2018
…content aggregation. * ABS v. CBS. Remastering songs doesn’t reset copyright protection. * Eichenwald v. Rivello. Perhaps the most interesting case of the year. Can software code sent over the…