Publishers’ Google ad-tech antitrust claims clear a major legal hurdle
A judge’s ruling keeps publishers’ antitrust claims alive, preserving their path to seek potentially billions in damages from Google.
Topic: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Reddit sues Perplexity, SerpApi over scraping Google Search data
Perplexity and SerpApi disguised bots to scrape Reddit data from Google at 'industrial scale,' according to Reddit's new lawsuit.
Google sued by publishers over alleged pirate textbook promotion
This raises serious concerns for advertisers about brand safety, fair competition and the integrity of ad placements.
Warby Parker dodges 1-800 Contacts lawsuit over search results, website
Warby Parker, 1-800 Contacts don't see eye to eye on branded keyword search results and federal courts ruling.
NY federal court decision threatens embedding and linking across the web
The judge's decision disregards existing law and if upheld could expose bloggers and publishers to potential copyright lawsuits.
Getty Images Sues Microsoft For “Massive Infringement” Of Copyright By Bing Image Widget
It didn’t take long for Bing’s new Image Widget to come under fire for alleged copyright infringement. The feature, which enables online publishers to display photos pulled in by the Bing search engine, rolled out Aug. 22. Today, Getty Images filed suit in a New York federal court claiming that it’s a “massive infringement” of […]
Google Book Search Settlement Rejected By Court
Remember the Google Book (Class Action) Settlement? It’s been some time since there’s been any news. After many months of waiting, the court handed down its decision today — a defeat for Google and those who supported the settlement. The Authors Guild brought a class action lawsuit against Google in 2005 for “massive” copyright infringement […]
Google Aggressively Going After Alleged Leaker In Viacom-YouTube Copyright Case
Last fall CNET got hold of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s deposition transcript in the Viacom-YouTube lawsuit (remember that one; it’s still going). Among other things revealed in the document was the admission that Google paid almost three times more for YouTube than its own internal valuation of the site. In addition there were other depositions […]
Science Fiction Writer Le Guin Launches Petition Against Google Book Settlement As Opt-Out Deadline Looms
Renowned science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin has launched a petition to “exempt” the US (US authors) from the terms of the Google Book Search Settlement. The text of the petition says that “Ireland, India, South Africa, and New Zealand (countries with active publication in English) protested the settlement and have been […]
Google Book Search Settlement: What Will Happen Now?
Judge Denny Chin of the US District Court, who is presiding over the Google Book Search Settlement and was prepared to approve it until legions of opponents came forward, summarizes the dilemma facing all interested parties in his recent order (via the NY Times), taking the impending October 7 final settlement hearing off the calendar: […]
Google Requests Hold On Book Settlement Hearings To Retool The Agreement
In the wake of last Friday’s objections to the Google Book lawsuit settlement, Google along with the two other parties that sued it, have asked the judge to delay further hearings on the settlement until an amended one can be put forth. Google, Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, made this request today […]
Judge Denies Punitive Damages In Viacom Vs. YouTube Case
Viacom Denied Punitive Damages In YouTube Suit from the Silicon Valley Insider reports a US District Court has denied Viacom’s request for punitive damages against Google over the YouTube copyright claims. Judge Louis Stanton said “common-law punitive damages cannot be recovered under the Copyright Act,” and denied Viacom’s action against Google and YouTube. This does […]
More Join YouTube Class Action Suit Copyright
More parties join Google copyright lawsuit from Reuters reports that eight more parties have joined the class action copyright lawsuit against Google’s YouTube. As we reported earlier, the lawsuit that English soccer’s Premier League Ltd and music publisher Bourne & Co have against YouTube is now beginning to get more support from other companies. Some […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 13, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Viacom Sues Google For $1 Billion Over Unauthorized Videos
Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube from Reuters reports that Viacom Inc. has confirmed they will be suing Google over “massive intentional copyright infringement” for $1 billion. The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, after claiming “a great deal of unproductive negotiation” […]