3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Marlene Gebauer 1:34 Yeah, and this there’s no difference when it came to applying generative AI ai functionality to legal research when you lost when you launched CoCounsel on the CMS March 1 2023. Whereas with legal research, it was like, you know, here’s the case law, have at it. Pablo Arredondo 11:34 Right.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Section 301(a) of the Copyright Act provides that “no person is entitled to any such right or equivalent right in any such work under the common law or statutes of any State.” With that, any state or common law claim that is equivalent to copyright must therefore be preempted. 2023 WL 6210901. Taco Bell Corp. ,

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 16, 2024

But the risks of irresponsible adoption of GenAI customer service chatbots, including increased litigation and reputational risk, could eclipse their promise. Proponents of this technology argue companies can achieve better customer satisfaction while reducing costs of human-supported customer service.

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Debevoise Data Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

At the state level, California has banned law enforcement from installing, activating, or using biometric surveillance with body cameras until 2023. Vermont and Virginia have banned law enforcement from using facial recognition technology pending further legislative action. 2019 IL 123186, 129 N.E.3d million settlement.

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Legal Tech Monitor

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Marlene Gebauer 1:34 Yeah, and this there’s no difference when it came to applying generative AI ai functionality to legal research when you lost when you launched CoCounsel on the CMS March 1 2023. Whereas with legal research, it was like, you know, here’s the case law, have at it. Pablo Arredondo 11:34 Right.

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Eric Goldman

MAY 13, 2024

But by providing a foil in litigation against both the Center for Countering Digital Hate (“CCDH”) and Bright Data (the world’s largest seller of scraped data), he’s given judges in the most important district court in the country for tech legal issues, the Northern District of California, plenty of motivation to rule against him.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 1, 2023

Maritas, 2023 WL 2726030 (E.D. March 30, 2023) * * * BONUS 1: Edelmania Productions, LLC v. Jordan Service, 2023 WL 424238 (C.D. Patrick, 2023 WL 2478550 (E.D. March, 13, 2023): on February 4, 2020, Bar-Z submitted a DMCA notification to Google Play and Apple that App Star’s applications needed to be taken down.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 16, 2023

The litigants are an employer and former employee. 2023 WL 5211628 (N.D. 14, 2023) BONUS: More 512(f) quick links from this year: * Cinq Music Group, LLC v. 2023 WL 4157446 (C.D. “Courts in the Ninth Circuit have regularly held that the DMCA preempts state law claims arising out of submission of takedown notices.”

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Eric Goldman

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Barrett Financial Group, LLC , 2023 WL 7552330 (D. 14, 2023) BONUS: Some other 2023 Quick Links About 512 * Cook v. Maximus International Specialists, 2023 WL 2603756 (S.D. Adolly.com, 2023 WL 5672170 (D. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v. Utah Sept.

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Eric Goldman

APRIL 29, 2023

April 21, 2023) Prior Posts on Section 512(f) * You’re a Fool if You Think You Can Win a 512(f) Case–Security Police and Fire Professionals v. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v. Canning * 17 USC 512(f) Preempts State Law Claims Over Bogus Copyright Takedown Notices–Amaretto v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 15, 2023

2023 WL 8568911 (N.D. 11, 2023) BONUS: In the Doe v. Mindgeek litigation, the court certified a class of CSAM victims suing Mindgeek for “knowingly” disseminating videos of them. 2023 WL 8126845 (C.D. Despite that, I’m sure the plaintiffs will appeal this ruling back to the Ninth Circuit. Twitter, Inc.

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MAY 5, 2023

We’re still working through the first wave of litigation testing Congress’ poor handiwork. 2023 WL 3220913 (9th Cir. May 3, 2023) Doe v. 2023 WL 3220912 (9th Cir. May 3, 2023) More SESTA/FOSTA-Related Posts * Defendants Get Important FOSTA Win in 9th Circuit–Doe v. Last October , in Doe v. Twitter, Inc.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Even if not enacted, its provisions are likely to influence a future federal privacy law. And, in many ways, the ADPPA may set a new minimum standard that will shape any state laws passed to fill the void left by the lack of a federal privacy law. We’ve previously written about the development of U.S. ADPPA § 302(a).

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Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2025

In September 2023, WCAC sent multiple takedown notices to YouTube claiming that Channel 781’s videos amounted to copyright infringement. Longarzo * DMCAs Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law ClaimsStevens v. Canning * 17 USC 512(f) Preempts State Law Claims Over Bogus Copyright Takedown NoticesAmaretto v.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Note: Backpage shut down April 2018, but Backpage-related litigation continues into 2025 and beyond]. Salesforce, a 7th Circuit opinion from 2023 (which I ran out of time to blog) that embraced tertiary liability to hold that Section 230 didn’t apply to Salesforce’s services to Backpage.

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