Mobile Media Messaging Networks Neither Vicariously Nor Contributorily Liable: Ninth Circuit | Practical Law
In Luvdarts, LLC v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Luvdarts's complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. Luvdarts sued mobile wireless carriers seeking to hold them vicariously or contributorily liable for copyright infringements allegedly committed by users of the carriers' mobile networks.