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A former class of high schoolers will pursue a lawsuit against PeopleConnect over yearbook photos that were published without permission.
Ancestry.com has told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court correctly axed a proposed class action that argued the site needed consent to publish school yearbook photos, calling the claims "ill-founded" and saying the individuals behind the suit have no right to restrict access to public information.
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ancestry.com 'Misunderstands' Yearbook Photo Ad Suit Law360 (January 21, 2021, 8:40 PM EST) -- Plaintiffs whose yearbook photos were used in advertisements for Ancestry.com without consent have urged a California federal judge to sustain their proposed class action, arguing that the genealogy service's reasons to dismiss the case stem from a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the claims. Lead plaintiffs Meredith Callahan and Lawrence Geoffrey Abraham wrote Tuesday in their opposition to Ancestry.com's motion to dismiss that they have a right to control how their im...
Major Gaming Company Sued for Making Games Too Challenging Loot Boxes plus in-game skill adjustments perpetuate addictive behavior? Don’t Hate the Playa When does a pastime become an addiction? It’s one of the fundamental questions of contemporary life. Computer and console gaming—not to mention the games available on our phones—have become increasingly sophisticated and seem to be game-ifying many of our formerly quotidian experiences. And we’ve all heard the horror stories of people so mesmerized by their games that they expire in front of their screens or fail to feed their child...