Second Circuit Rejects Email Service on Chinese Defendants in Baby Shark SAD Scheme Case
This case involves the “Baby Shark” earworm song, which has billions of YouTube views and ranks as the #1 most viewed YouTube video of all time. You already know the…
Is Blogging a “Recreational Activity”?–Sander v. Westchester Reform Temple
In 2021, Jessie Sander was hired as a Jewish educator at the Westchester Reform Temple, located in Scarsdale, NY. Sander calls the temple a “Zionist institution.” The temple’s website still…
Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?–Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
Robots.txt files express a website’s preferences for robot access. Despite their venerability, there are not many cases discussing the legal implications of robots.txt files and robot exclusion headers.[FN] As a…
COVID Jawboning Lawsuit Dismissed (For Now)–Dressen v. Flaherty
Generated by ChatGPT Dec. 2025 This is a COVID-related jawboning case: Plaintiffs allege that Defendants violated their constitutional rights by pressuring social media companies to ban or limit their social…
Court Authorizes Unmasking Subpoena in Copyright Case–In re DMCA Subpoena to GoDaddy
The copyright owner Tamaris claims that 100+ websites, including “casinoestelar.com” and “powerbet.win,” infringe their copyrights. The copyright owner obtained a 512(h) unmasking subpoena and served it on GoDaddy. GoDaddy notified…
Visa Isn’t Liable for Underenforcing Its No-Surcharge Rule–Williams v. Visa
Visa has a rule that merchants can’t impose surcharges on consumers for using their debit cards. However, merchants widely disregard this rule. The plaintiff: alleges that “Visa does not enforce…
Copyright Lawsuits Over Embedding Are Still a Thing
Embed/in bed After the Ninth Circuit’s Hunley v. Instagram ruling in 2023, I naively assumed that the case established essential precedent that would quickly end other legal challenges to embedding….
Extortion Claims Against Ripoff Report Can Proceed–Selker v. Xcentric
My prior blog post on this case summarized: I’ve blogged many Ripoff Report cases over the years, but it’s been a while since my last one (looks like 2018?). In…
11th Circuit Sidesteps the SAD Scheme’s Problems–Ain Jeem v. Schedule A
The plaintiff enforces Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s IP rights. It is indeed “sad” to see a living legend like Kareem degrade his legacy by participating in a bottom-feeding operation like the SAD…
Another Shill Article Tries to Normalize the SAD Scheme
…Scheme targeting intellectual property (IP) infringements, has come to the attention of Internet Law Professor Eric Goldman. Professor Goldman is Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research, Co-Director of the…