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Elon Musk’s Gifts to Web Scrapers (Guest Blog Post)

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— Bright Data has long sold the data of all the major social media companies. sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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Airline Sues to Stop Popular Web-Scraping Service–American Airlines v. The Points Guy (Guest Blog Post)

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On January 9th, American Airlines sent TPG a cease-and-desist letter. But before they get there, these courts must first decide whether AA’s terms and conditions constitutes a valid and enforceable contract, and whether TPG assented to its terms. dispute back in the Ninth Circuit in 2016. Breach of Contract 2.

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Does the CFAA Help Airlines Control Their Distribution Channels?–RyanAir v. Booking (Guest Blog Post)

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As usual in these types of cases, Ryanair sent cease-and-desist letters to Booking telling it to stop. Power Ventures was a 2016 case involving Facebook (back when the company itself was still known as Facebook). Needless to say, it didn’t stop. When Booking didn’t stop, Ryanair sued for five different violations of the CFAA.

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After hiQ Labs, Is Scraping Public Data Legal? (Guest Blog Post)

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Meta sent Bright Data a series of cease-and-desist notices telling it to stop. Much digital ink has been spilled on online contract formation; much less on online contract termination. Plaintiffs alleged that Facebook and LinkedIn agreed to divvy up the social media market “between 2013 and 2016.”

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