Stevie Graham (new account)(@stevegraham):Seismic CFAA ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Amazon v. Perplexity. Court struck down a preliminary injunction, holding that when an agent acts on a user’s behalf, the user (not the company that makes the agent) “accesses” a server for CFAA purposes. If it stands, that reasoning sharply limits the CFAA as a tool to block user-directed services. It's about time this happened. IMO, Ninth Circuit precedent (Power Ventures) has been in conflict with SCOTUS (Van Buren), creating unnecessary uncertainty for customers and litigation risk for third-party companies providing access to services without cooperation or consent of their operators

2026.08.27 05:47

Seismic CFAA ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Amazon v. Perplexity. Court struck down a preliminary injunction, holding that when an agent acts on a user’s behalf, the user (not the company that makes the agent) “accesses” a server for CFAA purposes. If it stands, that reasoning sharply limits the CFAA as a tool to block user-directed services. It's about time this happened. IMO, Ninth Circuit precedent (Power Ventures) has been in conflict with SCOTUS (Van Buren), creating unnecessary uncertainty for customers and litigation risk for third-party companies providing access to services without cooperation or consent of their operators