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Record Label Sends Bogus Takedown Notice, Defeats 512(f) Claim Anyway–White v. UMG

Eric Goldman

But the sender’s dereliction in this case really got to me, so it’s worth the blog post. The case revolves around a “beat” produced by Jordan Jenks (a/k/a Pi’erre Bourne). The court says that White, the plaintiff, never showed that UMG was aware of his non-exclusive license, but was that required?

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Announcing the 2023 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook

Eric Goldman

And yet…the Roommates.com opinion has waned in importance over the years, especially as courts have mostly cited it for the defense and thus merged it into mainstream defense-favorable Section 230 jurisprudence. ACLU case because it’s a foundational and historically significant Internet Law case.

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Copyright Battles Over City Council Videos

Eric Goldman

I did a fairly lengthy blog post on the intersection of copyright law and city council videos a decade ago; and see this piece by Frank LoMonte about the intersection between copyright law and FOIA laws for government records. Both cases included a 512(f) claim, and both 512(f) claims survive the preliminary dismissal efforts.

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