Remove 2019 Remove Hearing Remove State law
article thumbnail

Inspire.Legal 2019

Legal Talk Network

pic.twitter.com/qnoc9lqYU9 — Laurence Colletti (@LaurenceEsq) February 1, 2019. Laurence Colletti (@LaurenceEsq) February 1, 2019. … Christian Lang of #InspireLegal stops by to disrupt perceptions about legal innovation.

Hearing 52
article thumbnail

Allegations of a Bribe-Driven Facebook-OnlyFans Conspiracy Unsurprisingly Fall Apart in Court–Dangaard v. Instagram

Eric Goldman

After hearing this allegation at least twice, the Court instructed plaintiffs’ counsel to go present proof of such a bribe and to specifically subpoena the banks that were allegedly involved in laundering the bribe. You can essentially hear Judge Alsup’s teeth gnashing in the opinion.

Court 100
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

I did a deep dive on this topic in December , but the general gist of it is that copyright law preempts state law claims if the state-law claims come within the general scope of copyright. s Terms of Service (“ToS”) when it created a new account in 2019. The ToS did not define “scraping.” Despite X Corp.’s

Court 102
article thumbnail

Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

That section states that rights under state laws that are “equivalent” to rights under copyright law are preempted. If the contract limits any action that copyright law restricts, meaning reproduction, distribution, adaptation, or public performance or display of works within the scope of copyright, it is preempted.

Court 96
article thumbnail

Section 230 Preempts FOSTA Claim–Doe v. WebGroup Czech Republic

Eric Goldman

Craigslist * Facebook Still Can’t Dismiss Sex Trafficking Victims’ Lawsuit in Texas State Court * Craigslist Denied Section 230 Immunity for Classified Ads from 2008–ML v.

article thumbnail

The Ninth Circuit’s FOSTA Jurisprudence Is Getting Clearer (and More Defense-Favorable)

Eric Goldman

Craigslist * Facebook Still Can’t Dismiss Sex Trafficking Victims’ Lawsuit in Texas State Court * Craigslist Denied Section 230 Immunity for Classified Ads from 2008–ML v.

Lawsuit 105
article thumbnail

Twitter Defeats FOSTA Case Over CSAM–Doe v. Twitter

Eric Goldman

Craigslist * Facebook Still Can’t Dismiss Sex Trafficking Victims’ Lawsuit in Texas State Court * Craigslist Denied Section 230 Immunity for Classified Ads from 2008–ML v.

Lawsuit 115