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Think Kiwi Farms Is Legally Unassailable? Copyright Law Might Disagree–Greer v. Moon

Eric Goldman

The Court Opinion Greer was a target of one of Kiwi Farms’ attacks. “Kiwi Farms users provided a Google Drive link to a full copy of Mr. Greer’s book.” The district court dismissed the contributory claim because the defendants didn’t materially contribute to the infringement. CloudFlare’s block ).

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The Internet Survives SCOTUS Review (This Time)–Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google

Eric Goldman

Supreme Court [FN]. Twitter won its decision unanimously, and the Supreme Court per curiam punted the Google case back to the 9th Circuit with the clear message that the plaintiffs should lose. The Supreme Court says that the term “aiding and abetting” in the statute should be interpreted using the common law.

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A Literal Generative AI Discussion: How AI Could Reshape Law

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

For the Fourth of July week, we thought we’d do something fun and probably a little weird. Greg spoke with an AI guest named Justis for this episode. Justis, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4, was able to have a natural conversation with Greg and provide insightful perspectives on the use of generative AI in the legal industry, specifically in law firms.

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“Ringless Voicemail” Vendor Wins Section 230 Defense Against FTC–US v. Stratics Networks

Eric Goldman

[This is one of those opinions that is a slog to blog because the court’s statutory analysis made my head hurt. The first question the court must resolve is whether ringless voicemails qualify as “telephone calls” for purposes of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, which prohibits deceptive or abusive telemarketing practices.

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Comments on the Ruling Declaring California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Unconstitutional–NetChoice v. Bonta

Eric Goldman

Thus, the court says: “the steps a business would need to take to sufficiently estimate the age of child users would likely prevent both children and adults from accessing certain content. The age estimation and privacy provisions thus appear likely to impede the “availability and use” of information and accordingly to regulate speech.”

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How Can AI Models Legally Obtain Training Data?–Doe 1 v. GitHub (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

On May 11th, the court ruled on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss , granting in part and denying in part. On May 11th, the court ruled on the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss , granting in part and denying in part. The court also held that plaintiffs were permitted to proceed pseudonymously. GitHub, Inc.

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More Chaos in the Law of Online Contract Formation

Eric Goldman

The district court said that the buyers who made their purchases on the website had to go to arbitration, but the buyers who made their purchases on their mobile devices could stay in court. The court says it’s immaterial that there is a potentially long time delay between user registration and the purchases.