Michigan Supreme Court: Pandora User Not Renter, Borrower Under Privacy Law

Mealey's (July 8, 2016, 12:08 PM EDT) -- LANSING, Mich. — Responding to a question certified by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the Michigan Supreme Court on July 6 unanimously concluded that a user of Pandora Media Inc.’s online streaming service did not constitute a “customer” because he did not “rent” or “borrow” the service under the state’s Video Rental Privacy Act (VRPA) (In Re Certified Question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Peter Deacon v. Pandora Media Inc., No. 151104, Mich. Sup.; 2016 Mich. LEXIS 1385)....