TechCrunch:
BrandTotal and Unimania agreed to a permanent injunction banning them from using and scraping Facebook and Instagram, and will pay a “significant financial sum” — Facebook parent Meta has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in data scraping operations …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Court filings: Apple settled with FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou; the lawsuit alleged Apple rejected his Watch app and then approved rip-offs of the app — An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show …
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs and say they may collaborate on more NFTs — Quentin Tarantino and Miramax have settled their copyright infringement lawsuit over the “Pulp Fiction” NFT project.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Filing: Apple settles lawsuit against an ex-employee accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with the media; he will pay an undisclosed sum to Apple — Apple has settled its lawsuit against Simon Lancaster, a former design architect, who the company accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with a journalist.
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Researchers find 75 apps on Google Play and 10 on Apple’s App Store that engaged in ad fraud, collectively had 13M installs, and have since been removed — Security researchers have discovered 75 applications on Google Play and another ten on Apple’s App Store engaged in ad fraud.
Matthew S. Burriesci / Meta:
Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which combine timestamps and Facebook Identifiers, to deter unauthorized data scraping — Takeaways — We changed how we use Facebook Identifiers (FBIDs) after we observed that unauthorized scraping often involves guessing content IDs or using purchased FBIDs.
Chris Willman / Variety:
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz settle a missed payments lawsuit with Triller after Triller acquired their music series Verzuz in March 2021; terms were not disclosed — Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have settled their lawsuit with Triller, after suing the service last month for $28 million …
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