Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The court enjoins Next Level pending a PI hearing on March 3. * * * The DMCA notice-and-takedown scheme was never intended to provide final resolution to copyright owners. I hope we’ll hear YouTube’s side of this story about why it didn’t honor the putback notices. Case Citation : Invisible Narratives LLC v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Generative AI has transformed how people around the world work; how they create; and what they see, hear, and watch online. Despite the busy 2024 litigation year against companies offering AI platforms in 2024, significant intellectual property questions remain unanswered as the calendar turns to 2025.

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Litigator Litigation Intellectual Property Defendant 52

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The panel summarizes: “Because Does state law claims necessarily implicate Grindrs role as a publisher of third-party content, 230 bars those claims. Doe fails to state a plausible TVPRA claim, so Doe cannot invoke a statutory exception to 230 immunity.” The district court dismissed the case. Case Citation : Doe v.

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Lawsuit Failure-to-appear Defendant Court 65

Eric Goldman

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

2025 WL 336741 (S.D. 30, 2025) MORE ON DOE V. The court concludes: “Because Fenix neither materially contributed to the illegality of Romelus’s video nor had actual knowledge that Romelus and Charles were engaged in sex trafficking, Fenix is entitled to immunity under Section 230. ” Case Citation : Doe v.

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Defendant Lawsuit Judge Court 59

Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Note: Backpage shut down April 2018, but Backpage-related litigation continues into 2025 and beyond]. As a result of this implicit clean bill of legal health from the courts, vendors to Backpage had no independent reason to conclude that Backpage was engaging in illegal activities at the time they worked together.

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Defendant Court Lawsuit Judge 59