Web Scraping and Copyright Preemption of State-Law Claims
This post explains why §301 copyright preemption splits matter and previews how each circuit treats contract‑based scraping claims. I’ve written over 3000 words on this subject before, but this is probably the most understudied and under-litigated issue in the world of web scraping. Preemption means that federal law overrides state law when the two are … Read More