X Corp. v. Bright Data, order dismissing complaint (9 May 2024): copyright preemption (X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd., No. 3:23-cv-03698-WHA (N.D. Cal. May 9, 2024), Dkt. 83)
A platform that does not own its users' posts could not use state contract and tort law to charge for scraping them: the claims were preempted by the Copyright Act. Another judge in the same court has since reached a different result on Reddit's contract claims.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“X Corp. wants it both ways: to keep its safe harbors yet exercise a copyright owner’s right to exclude, wresting fees from those who wish to extract and copy X users’ content.”
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