Plaintiff’s Location-Based Privacy Claim Against BART Reporting App Fails
…chance to amend, and it has filed an amended complaint. Eric’s Comments: An app making it easier to report crimes generally sounds like a good idea. Automatic reporting of the…
55 Academics and Advocates Urge NAFTA Trade Negotiators To Add Internet Immunity
…the topic. For now, a couple of supplemental links: * Expert Report on the Value of Consumer Review Websites and 47 USC 230 * The Regulation of Reputational Information *…
What’s New With SESTA/FOSTA (January 17, 2018 edition)
…be fooled by the report language trying to rehabilitate Section 230(c)(2)(A). It’s probably meaningless in practice. – The report gives an example about Section 230(c)(2)(A): “if a website screens advertisements…
Court Rejects Gossip Site’s Fair Use Defense–Barcroft v. Coed Media
…enough to constitute a commentary on the work. For instance, a news report about a video that has gone viral . . . might fairly display a screenshot or clip…
Manager’s Amendment for SESTA Slightly Improves a Still-Terrible Bill
…Manager’s Amendment only preserves Section 230(c)(2)(A). The Senate Commerce Committee report on SESTA might include some additional beneficial language about the value of Good Samaritan protections, but I don’t put…
Another Human Trafficking Expert Raises Concerns About SESTA (Guest Blog Post)
…New Delhi in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement. In addition to contributing to the annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, I worked with local…
First Circuit Rejects Copyright Workaround to Section 230–Small Justice v. Ripoff Report
…court says that Ripoff Report performed its end of the bargain by publishing DuPont’s reviews, mooting any consideration concerns. Goren also argued that Ripoff Report’s contract was void for public…
Hyperlinking to Sources Can Help Defeat Defamation Claims–Adelson v. Harris
…blog post) based in part on the fair reporting privilege to defamation, which gives extra protection from defamation for reporting on court filings. On appeal to the Second Circuit, the…
An Overview of Congress’ Pending Legislation on Sex Trafficking (Guest Blog Post)
…Policy Operating Group established by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. The council would prepare a report on human trafficking….
The DOJ’s Busts of MyRedbook & Rentboy Show How Backpage Might Be Prosecuted (Guest Blog Post)
…The Senate Report explains that “Backpage is acutely aware that its website facilitates prostitution.” Backpage’s Michael Lacey reportedly said that while the website had tried to eradicate ads for minors,…