Eric Goldman

JUNE 20, 2023

Ochoa’s definitive analysis of the Supreme Court’s Warhol opinion. Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 23, 2022

My first knowledge that a complaint had been filed came by certified letter in 2012 — six years later — from the Iowa Supreme Court Client Security Board, which is charged with policing the professional interactions of Iowa’s 7,500 attorneys. Unfortunately, that’s something I know from personal experience. The State Bar Complaint Arrives.

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 7, 2023

The court treats this as a surprisingly easy Section 230 case and dismisses the case. By definition, Snap’s failure to remove CSAM distributed on Snapchat by third parties, and Apple’s and Google’s choice to allow Snapchat to remain available for download in their online stores, involve “reviewing. Next stop: the 9th Circuit.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

A: because they spend so much time in court proceedings). Protip: if you want to win in court, don’t self-describe as an “appropriation artist”). The court treats Ripps’ collection as competing against and putting downward price pressure on the original NFTs. Q: why are the apes so bored?

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Eric Goldman

JUNE 9, 2024

The court responds: “Doe’s breeding ground theory essentially seeks to hold Meta liable for failing to remove traffickers’ grooming messages and posts advertising their victims for sex.” Finally: in passing, the court says “Her trafficker was convicted in a criminal trial and sentenced to 40 years in prison.”

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Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

12] Herzberg’s family sued Uber, the owner of the vehicle, but whether Uber or its programmers would have been found liable in civil court isn’t clear—the parties reached a confidential settlement. [13] 2] Ahead, a driver-operated car struck a pedestrian, throwing her into the Cruise’s path. If there is no driver, who is liable?

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Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The district court dismissed the case. The Ninth Circuit affirms every point of the district court’s decision. ” BTW, I disagree with the court’s summation of the Internet Brands case; I feel the Ninth Circuit got that one wrong because that case was always about third-party content.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The court holds that Section 230 applies to the claims. ” The court responds that “Grindr’s match function relies on and publishes a user’s profile and geolocation data, which is third-party content generated by the user.” The court rejects Doe’s attempted Lemmon v. ICS Provider. Publisher/Speaker Claims.

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Eric Goldman

OCTOBER 13, 2024

My post on a pre-pandemic district court ruling in this case. NOCIs to Grande between 2011 and 2017. The appeals court disagrees. The court says Grokster didn’t shrink contributory doctrines; instead, “Grokster expanded the doctrine of contributory infringement” to include the new inducement doctrine.

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Eric Goldman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Having manufactured the requirement of that the claim must be based on “particular” content to trigger Section 230, the court says none of the claims do that. ” I’d love for the court to explain how blocking users from contacting each other on apps differs from “content moderation.”

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The underlying failures alleged in the settlement occurred between 2018 and 2023. The settlement also underscores the need to provide a channel for personnel to escalate perceived compliance failures. The settlement also underscores the need to provide a channel for personnel to escalate perceived compliance failures.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By guest blogger Lisa Ramsey , Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law The Supreme Court will likely hold in Elster that Section 2(c) is consistent with the First Amendment, but will it clarify how to balance trademark and free speech rights? After the Supreme Court granted cert in Vidal v. Tam (2017) and Iancu v.

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

I’m still blogging Section 230 cases as I see them, even though these posts are likely to have only historical value. ] * * * The court summarizes the horrifying allegations: In April 2022, Defendant Bendjy Charles (“Charles”) and Romelus raped Plaintiff. The court dismisses OnlyFans per Section 230.

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