HEPP v. FACEBOOK

Nos. 20-2725 & 20-2885.

14 F.4th 204 (2021)

Karen HEPP, Appellant in 20-2725 v. FACEBOOK; Imgur Inc; Reddit Inc; Giphy Inc, WGCZ S.R.O. Imgur Inc.; Reddit Inc., Appellants in 20-2885.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Fineman [Argued], Cohen Fineman, 199 Marlton Pike East, Suite 4, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003, Counsel for Karen Hepp.

Joseph C. Gratz , Vera Ranieri [Argued], Aditya V. Kamdar , Durie Tangri, 217 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, Counsel for Imgur Inc. and Reddit, Inc.

Dennis L. Wilson , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, 1801 Century Park East, Suite 2300, Los Angeles California 90067, Tywanda Lord , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Barry L. Cohen , Royer Cooper, Cohen Braunfeld, 100 N. 18th Street, Suite 710, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, Craig S. Primis [Argued], Kirkland & Ellis, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004, Counsel for Facebook, Inc.

Michael T. Zeller [Argued], Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, 865 S. Figueroa St. 10th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017, Samuel W. Silver , Bruce P. Merenstein , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, 1600 Market Street, Suite 3600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for WGCZ SRO.

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland , Danielle S. Van Lier , SAG-AFTRA, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., 7th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036, Ira L. Gottlieb , Bush Gottlieb , A Law Corporation, 801 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 950, Glendale, CA 91203-1260, Counsel for Amicus SAG-AFTRA, in support of Karen Hepp.

Kit Walsh , Coryanne McSherry , Electronic Frontier Foundation, 815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, Counsel for Amici Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Copia Institute, iFixit, Engine, and Center for Democracy and Technology, in support of Imgur, Inc., Reddit, Inc., Facebook, Giphy, Inc., and WGCZ SRO.

Before: HARDIMAN, PHIPPS, and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 bars many claims against internet service providers. See 47 U.S.C. § 230(c). But Section 230 does not bar intellectual property claims. § 230(e)(2). The question presented in this appeal is whether a Philadelphia newscaster...

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