SerpApi filed a motion to dismiss Google’s federal lawsuit, two months after Google sued the company under the DMCA for allegedly bypassing its SearchGuard anti-scraping system.
The filing goes beyond disputing the technical allegations. SerpApi is challenging whether Google has the legal right to bring the case at all.
The Standing Question
SerpApi’s core argument is that the DMCA protects copyright owners, not companies that display others’ content.
Google’s complaint cited licensed images in Knowledge Panels, merchant-supplied photos in…

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