Judge Rejects Google’s Attempt To DMCA Its Way Out Of Being Scraped
Summary
Judge dismisses Google's DMCA 1201 claim in SerpAPI scraping case, ruling that scraping open web data may not be protected as a copyright work under DMCA. The decision underscores tensions between open access to data and anti-circumvention rules, with Google likely to refile on narrower, content-specific claims (e.g., Knowledge Panels).