Ninth Circuit Denies Amazon's Request for Rehearing in Perplexity Case
The Ninth Circuit Court has made its decision regarding Amazon's motion to rehear the case against Perplexity, which involved the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act. The court declined Amazon's request for a rehearing, stating that not one judge requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter.
Earlier this year, in August, the Ninth Circuit Court found that Amazon was unlikely to succeed in showing that Perplexity violated either of these laws. This decision allowed Perplexity to continue sending its Comet AI Assistant into password-protected areas of the Amazon store without facing further legal action from the tech giant.
The court's decision is seen as a significant win for companies like Perplexity, which rely on their ability to access various online platforms and services to operate effectively. It remains to be seen how this ruling will impact similar cases in the future.