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The Singularity Law Podcast Episode 5: Here Come The Robots

Are search engines engaging in widespread copyright infringement? Can eBay sellers bring libel actions against buyers who leave negative feedback about them? What does the revised iPhone NDA mean for developers and the Internet in general? Michael and Josh tackle these questions and more on this week’s edition of The Singularity Law Podcast.

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Here are the show notes for this week’s episode:

Shownotes for The Singularity Law Podcast: Episode 5 for October 27, 2008

Our Panel for Today:

Josh Kagan, author of The Josh Kagan Blog
Prof. Michael Scott of The Singularity Law Blog

Search Engine Caches Covered by Implied Licenses: Parker v. Yahoo!, Inc.

Parker v. Yahoo!, Inc. 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74512 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 26, 2008).
Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc., et al., 416 F. Supp. 2d 828 (C.D. Cal. 2006).
Perfect 10 v. Amazon.com, Inc., 487 F.32 701 (9th Cir 2007).
Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir 2003).
S.O.S., Inc. v. Payday, Inc., 886 F.2d 1081 (9th Cir. 1989).
MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993).
Ticketmaster Corp. v. Tickets.com, U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1344 (C.D. Cal 2000). This is an unpublished decision.
Ticketmaster Corp. v. Microsoft Corp., Case No. 97-3055 DDP (C.D. Cal., filed Apr. 28, 1997).
Josh Kagan: Is a Search Engine Cache a Copy? Revisiting Kelly v. Arriba Soft through Parker v. Yahoo!, Inc.
Eric Goldman: Search Engine “Cache” Function Covered by Implied License–Parker v. Yahoo.
Jeff Neuburger: Challenge to Search Engine Caching Dismissed on Most (But Not All) Grounds.