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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Russia, Neighbors, and a Copyright-protected Social Media Post = Fair Use?

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​​​​​​​What additional value does a copyright registration confer on a run-of-the-mill neighborhood social media post? Not a lot, it appears. Earlier this year, the First Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Judge Reverses Prior Dismissal of Copyright Suit on Use of Embedded Instagram Photo

In a major blow to web publishers, Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York reversed her own ruling from just two months ago and revived a photographer’s copyright suit against Mashable, Inc. (Mashable), over...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

CFAA and Breach of Contract Claims Dismissed in Website Data Scraping Suit

This past week, an Illinois district court dismissed, with leave to amend, claims relating to a competitor’s alleged scraping of sales listings from a company’s website for use on its own site. (Alan Ross Machinery Corp. v....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Social Casino Game Found to Be Illegal Gambling

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a purported class action and held that a social casino game constituted illegal gambling under Washington law. According to the Court, all online or...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Judge Dismisses Facebook Web-Tracking MDL

In November 2017, Judge Edward J. Davila dismissed a major multidistrict litigation accusing Facebook of unlawfully tracking users’ browsing activity across websites while they were signed out of their accounts. The...more

BakerHostetler

Instagram Federal Class Action Over User Terms Dismissed; Plaintiffs Switch to State Court

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Earlier this month, Judge William Alsop of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Instagram....more

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