Ticketmaster, LLC v. RMG Technologies, Inc.

Ticketmaster LLC v. RMG Techs. Inc. 507 F.Supp.2d. 1096, 1113 (C.D. Cal. 2007)[1] was an infringement case heard by Judge Audrey B. Collins of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

In this particular case, the Court held that Ticketmaster LLC ("Ticketmaster") was likely to prevail on claims of direct and contributory copyright infringement as a result of defendant RMG Technologies Inc. ("RMG") distribution of a software application that permitted its clients to circumvent Ticketmaster.com’s CAPTCHA access controls, and use Ticketmaster’s copyrighted website in a manner that violated the site’s Terms of Use.[2][3] The Court held that RMG was likely to be found guilty of direct copyright infringement because when RMG viewed the site to create and test its product, it made unauthorized copies of Ticketmaster’s site in its computer’s RAM.[4][5] In the instant case, the Court followed Ticketmaster to determine that Power Ventures' 'scraping' made an actionable "cache" copy of a Facebook profile page each time it accessed a user's profile page.

References

  1. ↑ Doyle, Charles (1 April 2011). Cybercrime: An Overview of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute and Related Federal Criminal Laws. DIANE Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-4379-4498-3. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Battersby, Gregory J.; Grimes, Charles W. (22 March 2010). Licensing Update 2010. Aspen Publishers Online. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7355-9330-5. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Hart, Jonathan D. (30 November 2008). Internet law: a field guide. BNA Books. p. 472. ISBN 978-1-57018-740-7. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Hawes, James E.; Dietz, Bernard C. (1999). Copyright registration practice. West Group. ISBN 978-0-8366-1394-0. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Ticketmaster LLC v. RMG Techs. Inc., 507 F.Supp.2d 1096 (C.D. Cal. 2007).
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