Data Scraper Prevails In Spat With X Corp., Judge Finds Copyright Preemption

(May 10, 2024, 12:54 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Dismissal in full, with leave to amend, was granted May 9 in a breach of contract and unfair competition action by X Corp., with a federal judge in California declaring that “the extent to which public data may be freely copied from social media platforms, even under the banner of scraping, should generally be governed by the Copyright Act,” and not by “conflicting, ubiquitous” terms of use....