June 2024

Federal Court Holds That Copyright Act Preempts X’s Web Scraping Claims

By Jeremy Goldman

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter June 2024

TOPICS : Copyright, Digital Media, Intellectual Property

In a blockbuster ruling that is bound to have far-reaching implications, including in the swarm of copyright infringement cases brought against AI platforms, a California federal court recently dismissed a complaint that X Corp. brought against web scraping company Bright Data.

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