September 2020

  1. ContractsTrade Secrets

    Why parties should enter into nondisclosure agreements

    https://youtu.be/_rtszKD-aUI Nondisclosure agreements (or NDAs) are important contracts. There are a number of reasons why parties may want to enter into them. The first reason . . .

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  2. DefamationSection 230

    Section 230 immunity protected Twitter from claims it aided and abetted defamation

    Twitter enjoyed Section 230 immunity for aiding and abetting defamation because plaintiffs' claims on that point did not transform Twitter into a party that created . . .

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  3. AnonymityPrivacy

    How Portland has not demonstrated long-term commitment to a ban on facial recognition technologies

    Portland, Oregon yesterday passed a ban on facial recognition technology. Officials cited two primary reasons for the ban. First, current facial recognition technologies less accurately . . .

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  4. Copyright

    What are the legal issues around web scraping?

    https://youtu.be/YA4eDamJz24 Web scraping is that activity where a party uses automated software to crawl the internet and copy data and other content, usually so that . . .

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  5. CopyrightDMCA

    YouTube creator’s misrepresentation case over DMCA takedown notices lacked certain key evidence

    Plaintiff ran a YouTube channel. Defendant sent takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to YouTube alleging that plaintiff infringed defendant's copyright. Plaintiff . . .

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