Christou v. Beatport, LLC
Christou v. Beatport, LLC, 849 F. Supp. 2d 1055 (D. Colo. 2012), was a District Court of Colorado case in which the court held that MySpace friend lists could constitute trade secrets. While the names in the friend lists could be found in public directories, the court considered that the "ancillary information" of the friend list provided a means of contact with permission that was not publicly available.
| Christou v. Beatport, LLC | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States District Court for the District of Colorado |
| Full case name | Christou v. Beatport, LLC |
| Decided | March 14, 2012 |
| Docket nos. | 1:10-cv-02912 |
| Defendant | Beatport, LLC |
| Citation(s) | 849 F. Supp. 2d 1055 |
| Holding | |
| The court held that the plaintiff's MySpace profile constituted a trade secret, which the defendant had misappropriated. | |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | R. Brooke Jackson |
| Keywords | |
| Trade secrets, Social media, Antitrust | |
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