A ruling by a federal court in a case involving an online roommate matching service will hamstring Web innovators, a civil liberties group argued this week in papers filed with the judicial panel.
In a "friend of the court" brief submitted Monday to the U.S. Court of Appeals in California, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argued that "the ruling will inhibit technological developments because providers and users of interactive computer services will be discouraged from investing in creating important Internet features if they face the constant threat of litigation for customizing and facilitating access to third-party content."
