{"slug": "judge-gonzalez-rogers-dismisses-googles-dmca-anti-circumvention-claim-v-serpapi", "title": "Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismisses Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim v. SerpApi for alleged circumvention of SearchGuard v. scraping Google results", "summary": "A federal judge dismissed Google's DMCA anti-circumvention claim against SerpApi for scraping Google search results, ruling that SearchGuard does not control access to copyrighted content with the authority of copyright owners. Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismissed with prejudice claims involving non-copyrighted results and without prejudice claims involving copyrighted components, giving Google a chance to amend.", "body_md": "**Judge Gonzalez Rogers just dismissed Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim against SerpApi for allegedly circumventing Google’s SearchGuard “challenge” to prevent SerpApi from scraping Google search results.**\n\nThe decision is nuanced. First, the** Judge dismissed with prejudice** Google’s claim “as a matter of law to the extent that they are premised on instances where SearchGuard controls access to Google Search results that do not contain any copyrighted content.” The DMCA claim must involve a technological protection matter with respect to copyrighted content.\n\nSecond, Judge Gonzalez Rogers** dismissed but without prejudice **Google’s DMCA claim “to the extent that they are premised on instances where SearchGuard controls access to Google Search results that contain a copyrighted component.” Although this part of Google claim did involve copyrighted content, the Judge dismissed this claim because “Google does not allege any facts that raise the inference that SearchGuard was implemented and functions to control access to copyrighted components that may be included in Google Search results ‘**with the authority of the copyright owner[s**].’” Google will get a chance to amend the complaint to address this deficiency.\n\n**Excerpt: **\n\n**DOWNLOAD THE COURT’S ORDER**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-gonzalez-rogers-dismisses-googles-dmca-anti-circumvention-claim-v-serpapi", "canonical_source": "https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/07/20/judge-gonzalez-rogers-dismisses-googles-dmca-anti-circumvention-claim-v-serpapi-for-alleged-circumvention-of-searchguard-v-scraping-google-results/", "published_at": "2026-07-21 00:17:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 00:32:31.611041+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Google", "SerpApi", "Judge Gonzalez Rogers", "SearchGuard"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-gonzalez-rogers-dismisses-googles-dmca-anti-circumvention-claim-v-serpapi", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-gonzalez-rogers-dismisses-googles-dmca-anti-circumvention-claim-v-serpapi.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-gonzalez-rogers-dismisses-googles-dmca-anti-circumvention-claim-v-serpapi.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/judge-gonzalez-rogers-dismisses-googles-dmca-anti-circumvention-claim-v-serpapi.jsonld"}}