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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

Some forms of data are protected by copyright, trademark, or another cognizable forms of intellectual property. But most of the data on the Internet isn’t easily protectible as intellectual property by those who might have an incentive to protect it. The law then enforces that private decision.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The Copyright Claims Board, an administrative court for resolving “small claims” in copyright law (less than $30,000), may yet prove to be useful; but so far, it has generated a lot of litigation “churn” without much in the way of substantive relief. 882 (2006). Conclusion Is the world safe for embedding after Hunley ?

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U.S. Supreme Court Vindicates Photographer But Destabilizes Fair Use — Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

As a result, the rest of the copyright ecosystem has to live with the fallout from AWF’s seemingly reckless and irresponsible litigation strategy. at 34) It explained: At no point in this litigation has AWF maintained that any of the Prince Series works … comment on, criticize, or otherwise target Goldsmith’s photograph. 17 U.S.C. §

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Eric Goldman

Previous year-in-review lists from 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , 2007 , and 2006. Forum 183 (2023) Zauderer and Compelled Editorial Transparency , 108 Iowa L.

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