Court gives Google 21 days to name licensors in its DMCA case against SerpApi
TLDR
A ruling found that Reddit's license and three other claimed authorizations failed in Google's DMCA case against SerpApi, and Google has until November 30 to name its licensors.
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According to PPC Land, a ruling found that Reddit's license and three other claimed authorizations failed in Google's DMCA case against SerpApi. Google now faces a 21-day window to name its licensors, with a November 30 deadline. The ruling is being watched by SEO tools that rely on SerpApi data.
How we got here: earlier coverage
On July 22, a federal judge dismissed Google's DMCA anti-circumvention lawsuit against SerpApi, ruling that publicly accessible search results and snippets are not copyrighted works Google can legally protect. On August 12, Google filed an amended complaint against SerpApi, now focusing on anti-bot circumvention and unauthorized use of licensed content. Now, a ruling has found that Reddit's license and three other claimed authorizations failed in Google's DMCA case against SerpApi, and Google has until November 30 to name its licensors.
Summary of earlier coverage
- Nov 11Court Gives Google 21 Days to Amend Complaint Against SerpApi
A court ruled against Google in its legal fight with SerpApi over scraping and gave Google 21 days to amend its complaint.
- Aug 12Google Takes Another Legal Shot at SerpApi After Initial Lawsuit Dismissed
Google filed an amended complaint against SerpApi after its original lawsuit was dismissed, now focusing on anti-bot circumvention and unauthorized use of licensed content.
- Aug 11Federal Judge Allows Most of Reddit's DMCA Case Against Perplexity AI and Data Scrapers to Proceed
A federal judge has ruled that most of Reddit's DMCA lawsuit against Perplexity AI and other scrapers can proceed, even after Google faced a similar legal defeat.
- Jul 22Google Loses Key DMCA Claims Against SerpApi in High-Profile Scraping Lawsuit
A court ruled against Google on key Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims in its lawsuit against SerpApi, the scraping tool.