1. AnonymityCopyright

    Court labels copyright plaintiff as a troll and shuts down efforts to ID anonymous infringer

    November 20, 2018 - A federal judge held that a copyright holder plaintiff could not get early discovery to seek the identity of the account holder associated with a . . .

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  2. CopyrightUnfair Competition

    Web scraping case fails under Dastar

    November 19, 2018 - Claim against owner of website for scraping content failed, where plaintiff failed to allege improper removal of copyright management information, and where claim for passing . . .

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  3. Computer CrimeContracts

    Twitter account hacked, chaos ensued, but no legal claims stuck

    October 25, 2018 - Plaintiff owned a Twitter account and operated a related blog. Plaintiff used the Twitter account to drive traffic and revenue to the blog, conduct business . . .

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  4. CopyrightDMCA

    Suit under DMCA for concealing copyright management information failed because plaintiff did not properly allege defendants’ intent

    September 3, 2018 - Plaintiff sued defendants under the provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (17 U.S.C. § 1202(a)) that, among other things, prohibits a person from . . .

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  5. Miscellaneous

    Is an online marketplace liable for injuries caused by defective products?

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  6. DefamationSection 230

    California Supreme Court rejects Yelp takedown injunction

    July 3, 2018 - The Supreme Court of California ruled that Yelp could not be ordered to remove defamatory reviews from its website because federal law immunized it from . . .

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  7. Computer CrimeGovernance

    Police not required to publicly disclose how they monitor social media accounts in investigations

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  8. CopyrightElectronic Discovery

    Court takes into consideration defendant’s privacy in BitTorrent copyright infringement case

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