Eric Goldman

JANUARY 11, 2025

On January 6, 2025, the supervising judge summarily approved the magistrate judge’s recommendations. 2025 WL 35245 (D. 6, 2025) The court summarizes the facts: Plaintiff Channel 781 News (Channel 781) operates a YouTube channel with videos of news about the City of Waltham, Massachusetts. Channel 781 News v.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

But this new era of AI has not come without controversy, as authors and rights holders have launched waves of litigation against the companies that trained and released generative AI models, as well as their investors and affiliates, alleging violations of intellectual property rights.

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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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