Goddard v. Google, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. “. . . Defendant does not provide the content of the “Sponsored Link” advertisements. It provides a space and a service and thereafter charges for its service. By suggesting keywords to competing advertisers Defendant merely helps third parties to refine their content.... Defendant’s keyword suggestion tool hardly amounts to the participation necessary to disqualify it of CDA immunity. Rather it is a “neutral tool,” that does nothing more than provide options that advertisers could adopt or reject at their discretion, thus entitling the operator to immunity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 219 N.C. App. 227 - Hill v. StubHub, Inc.

2. “courts consistently have used the term 'immunity' to describe the effect of the CDA’s provisions,” Goddard v. Google, Inc., 640 F.Supp.2d 1193 , 1195 n. 1 (N.D.Cal.2009) (citing, e.g., Roommates, 521 F.3d at 1161-75 ; Carafano v. Metrosplash.com Inc., 339 F.3d 1119 , 1122 (9th Cir.2003); Zeran v. Am. Online, Inc., 129 F.3d 327, 330 (4th Cir.1997)). Moreover, immunity is defined as an “exemption from.. .liability,” Black’s Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014), and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 144 F. Supp. 3d 1088 - Sikhs for Justice "SFJ", Inc. v. Facebook, Inc.

3. “even if a service provider knows that third parties are using such tools to create illegal content.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 386 Wis. 2d 449 - Yasmeen Daniel v. Armslist, LLC