Federal Judge Dismisses Web Scraping Lawsuit Against Bright Data, Upholds Public Data Access
Bill Hartzer
MAY 13, 2024
In a landmark decision last Thursday, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by X against Bright Data, a leading public web data company, underlining the principle that public web data does not belong to any single entity and should remain accessible for public use. The dismissal, delivered by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, supports the notion that allowing social media companies exclusive control over public web data could lead to the formation of “information monopolies,”
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