https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/02/hoang-v-imdb-argued-in-the-ninth-circuit.htm Wed, 04 Oct 2023 16:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/02/hoang-v-imdb-argued-in-the-ninth-circuit.htm#comment-1190 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:52:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=13725#comment-1190 Query: if IMDB “looked up” the information, then why isn’t publication of it protected under 230, end of story? To hold it in breach of contract or privacy would treat it as the speaker of her age, which was “developed” somewhere else, no? Note that I don’t think that’s a great outcome, but I don’t see how it can be avoided under the absurdist extremes that we’ve taken 230 to.

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