Finley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LATONYA R. FINLEY,

Case No. 20-cv-04888-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

YOUTUBE, LLC,

13 Defendant.

Plaintiff LaTonya Finley sued YouTube because it took down one of her videos after it received notice of a copyright violation. She claimed it had not provided information as required by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512. Her Complaint was dismissed because that section of the DMCA provides a series of statutory safe harbors, not a cause of action. Finley amended her Complaint, relabeling her DMCA claim as a copyright claim, and adding a breach of contract claim and a tortious interference claim. YouTube moves to dismiss. Pursuant to Local Rule 7-1(b), the motion is suitable for disposition without oral argument, so the hearing is vacated. Each of Finley’s claims is legally defective. For the reasons further set out below, YouTube’s motion is…