Why I Emphatically Oppose Online Age Verification Mandates
…v. Binance Why I Think California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Is Unconstitutional An Interview Regarding AB 2273/the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Op-Ed: The Plan to Blow Up the Internet,…
Rounding Up Recent Copyright and AI Rulings
…Github ruling because, in that case, “the court concluded it could reasonably infer intentional removal of CMI based on the allegations that (1) the defendants knew the source code they…
California AG Abandons Key Parts of California’s Mandatory Editorial Transparency Law (AB 587)–X v. Bonta
…portions of the law. The settlement says: subdivisions (a)(3), (a)(4)(A), and (a)(5) of California Business and Professions Code section 22677 violate the First Amendment of the United States Constitution facially…
California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Is Completely Unconstitutional (Multiple Ways)–NetChoice v. Bonta
…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 (AADC) Op-Ed: The…
Some Comments on Today’s Thomson Reuters v. Ross Copyright Ruling
…software code. Also, I don’t see how the court can say there was no “transformation” when Ross’ outputs included none of the allegedly infringing material. It’s impossible to be more…
Catching Up on the Heavyweight Scraping Battle Between X and Bright Data (Guest Blog Post)
…Code, tortious interference with a contract, and breach of contract claims. And it sought to supplement its complaint with DMCA, CFAA, and CDAFA claims. Here’s how it went: Trespass to…
2024 Internet Law Year-in-Review
…all of the times the courts have declared California’s Internet Laws unconstitutional, but I took special note of the Ninth Circuit’s rejection of the Age-Appropriate Design Code. How will the…
Amazon Must Defend “Yelp Law” Claim–Ramos v. Amazon
…The flagship law in this area is the Consumer Review Fairness Act, enacted by Congress in 2016. My primer on that law. California enacted a similar law, Civil Code 1670.8,…
Attempt to Weaponize Section 230(c)(2)(B) Fails on Ripeness Grounds–Zuckerman v. Facebook
…isn’t ripe, so Zuckerman is requesting an unconstitutional advisory opinion. The court says that because the app isn’t coded yet, there’s “uncertainty in how the tool will ultimately be coded,…
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Treated as General Partnership for Liability Purposes–Samuels v. Lido DAO
…it is just software code. The court is not persuaded: “Lido’s alleged actions are not those of an autonomous software program—they are the actions of an entity run by people.”…