A Massive Roundup of Section 230 Decisions
…to determine whether they develop it. Defendants We Inform, Infomatics, and The People Searchers acknowledge in affidavits that they “provide comprehensive reports” to their consumers. Smarty similarly attached to its…
Too Many Courts Are Letting States Take Wrecking Balls to the Internet (Roundup)
…X….there is no showing in the pleadings that X Corp. has ever received a report of a deepfake through its own technology (whatever that is) or through its “partnerships with…
Google Can Assert a DMCA 512(d) Defense–Cengage v. Google (Catch-Up Post)
…“provides a robust system for intellectual property owners to report allegedly infringing content to Google,” that it requires all merchants to agree to its Terms of Service, which, among other…
District Court Again Rejects Plaintiffs’ Attempts to Manufacture Common Law Notice-and-Takedown Duties–Bogard v. TikTok
…reports, and a further duty to respond to such reports or to warn users of the danger of making reports that do not result in the removal of reported content.”…
Courts Enjoin Internet Censorship Laws in Louisana and Arkansas
…any “formal criteria” for including studies in—or excluding them from—her expert report, and (3) included only studies showing correlation, not causation.” What’s Next? This case will be appealed to the…
Is Blogging a “Recreational Activity”?–Sander v. Westchester Reform Temple
…the statute. * * * On my Faculty Activity Report, I told the dean I was working while in Hawaii. Here’s the proof. A concurring judge delves deeper into when…
Extortion Claims Against Ripoff Report Can Proceed–Selker v. Xcentric
…this case, the plaintiff alleges that someone posted a false attack review; he paid Ripoff Report $2,500 to deindex the review; and he tried to enter into Ripoff Report’s “VIP…
The Initial Interest Confusion Doctrine Refuses to Die
…some cases to “LoanStreet Careers” or “LoanStreet Software Engineer.” Moreover, as plaintiffs’ expert noted in his report, “anyone doing a search for LoanStreet’s website would expect that website to appear…
Copyright Takedown Notices May Be Affecting Your Washing Machine Options–Ningbo Yituo v. GoPlus
…what it’s 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…
512(f) Claim Sent to Trial (Which Didn’t Happen)–Leszczynski v. Kitchen Cube
…the Law (for what it’s 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…