DMCA section 1201 claim dismissed.
Ziff Davis v. OpenAI: robots.txt is not a DMCA access control
Dated 15 Dec 2025Source checked 22 Dec 2025Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: stated
In the source's own words
“robots.txt directives are merely requests and do not effectively control access to copyrighted works.”
Where it was read
Barry Sookman (McCarthy Tetrault counsel, blog), checked 22 Dec 2025
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