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Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Moody v. NetChoice

Eric Goldman

The Supreme Court unanimously agreed to send the cases back to the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits for more careful review of the plaintiffs’ facial challenges to the laws. Challenges to those laws will fill the courts’ dockets, and some of those cases will reach the Supreme Court before it finally resolves the Florida and Texas laws.

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Web Page Framing Isn’t Trespass to Chattels–Best Carpet Values v. Google

Eric Goldman

Once we qualify the copies as “electronic,” it becomes unmistakable that this case deals with intangible items, not traditional “chattel” that are, by definition, tangible items. California law requires that the property interest be “well-defined” and “like staking a claim to a plot of land at the title office.”

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Surprise! Another 512(f) Claim Fails–Bored Ape Yacht Club v. Ripps

Eric Goldman

This is another lawsuit involving the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs. (Q: In this lawsuit, BAYC sued an “appropriation artist,” Ripps, who sought to comment on anti-Semitic aspects of the BAYC NFTs. Longarzo * DMCA’s Unhelpful 512(f) Preempts Helpful State Law Claims–Stevens v.

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Twitter Defeats FOSTA Case Over CSAM–Doe v. Twitter

Eric Goldman

If you’re new to FOSTA cases and you are baffled by the layers of inferences and arguments here, you are definitely not alone. However, FOSTA was not designed as an anti-CSAM law, so the plaintiffs’ claims don’t really fit the legal doctrine. Craigslist * Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Against Craigslist Moves Forward–ML v.

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Section 230 Immunizes Snap, Even if It’s “Inherently Dangerous”–L.W. v. Snap

Eric Goldman

By definition, Snap’s failure to remove CSAM distributed on Snapchat by third parties, and Apple’s and Google’s choice to allow Snapchat to remain available for download in their online stores, involve “reviewing. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. US * Catching Up on a FOSTA Case–ML v.

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DC Circuit Upholds FOSTA’s Constitutionality (By Narrowing It)–Woodhull v. U.S.

Eric Goldman

” Given this court believes the issue is definitively resolved, I’m sure plaintiffs will stop making the 1591/1595 argument. Marriott * Section 230 Helps Salesforce Defeat Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–GG v. Craigslist * Facebook Loses Jurisdictional Ruling in Texas Sex Trafficking Lawsuit–Facebook v. Reddit, Inc. ,

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Automated License Plate Readers with ACLU Attorney Matt Cagle

Berkley Technology Law Journal

We spotted that SB 34 actually prohibits this kind of sharing and we brought a lawsuit last year against the Marin County Sheriff alleging that they violated this law because they were sharing with hundreds of out of state agencies, they were sharing the locations of drivers that they were collecting throughout Marin County.

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