API Use Legal Considerations
As more and more websites interact with one another, with the express permission of one another or otherwise, the methods of that interaction and the legal consequences continue to come under more and more scrutiny. One avenue for interaction between websites is through Application Programming Interfaces (API’s).
Case Alert: Ninth Circuit Rejects Enforceability of Website’s “Terms of Use”
A new decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals highlights the importance that “Terms of Use” linked at the bottom of a website page will not be enforceable against the user absent some type of affirmative acceptance.