Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Reed, Michelle A
• Kim, Hyongsoon
• Morris, Kelsey Stapler
• Schaffner, Diana E

Titel

Ninth Circuit Sides with Data Scraper and Affirms Preliminary Injunction Against LinkedIn in Data Mining Battle

Ist Teil von

• Computer and Internet Lawyer, 2020-01, Vol.37 (1), p.16-17

Ort / Verlag

Frederick: Aspen Publishers, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• [...]to withdraw permissions for use of public data under the CFAA, actions may speak louder than words. [...]even for hosts of public data, data scraping might be first come, stay served. Given this, Linkedln's knowing exclusion of hiQ could show anti-competitive intentions: "If companies like Linkedln, whose servers hold vast amounts of public data, are permitted selectively to ban only potential competitors from accessing and using that otherwise public data, the result-complete exclusion of the original innovator in aggregating and analyzing the public information-may well be considered unfair competition under California law," even if Linkedln had a business purpose for the decision.