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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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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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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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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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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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