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Doe v. GitHub, Inc. (9th Cir. Sept. 16, 2026)

Bibliographic Metadata

• Author or issuing body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (opinion by Judge Eric D. Miller)
• Publication date: 2026-09-16
• Source type: Court opinion / primary authority
• URL or citation: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/09/16/24-7700.pdf
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• Access date: 2026-10-17

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Official published opinion, No. 24-7700, D.C. No. 4:22-cv-06823-JST. Argued and submitted February 11, 2026; filed September 16, 2026. Panel: Judges Sidney R. Thomas and Eric D. Miller, and District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr., sitting by designation. The opinion affirms dismissal of the DMCA § 1202(b) output theory and treats the input theory as forfeited. It does not decide the open-source license contract claims that remained in the district court. The staff summary at the front of the PDF once cites 18 U.S.C. § 1202(b); the opinion itself cites 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b).

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• Publication date: 2026-09-16
• Access date: 2026-10-17