Amazon.com's IMDb Gets to Keep Publishing Actor Birth Dates
- California argued law combats Hollywood age discrimination
- Judge says measure likely violates free-speech rights
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Amazon.com Inc.’s IMDb won’t have to delete the birth dates of actors and actresses from its website after a federal judge blocked enforcement of a California law meant to curtail age discrimination in Hollywood.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco granted the film fan website’s request for a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the statute. The judge wrote in his order that it was difficult to imagine how the law doesn’t violate free-speech protections. Lawyers for the state also failed to show the statute serves a compelling government interest, Chhabria wrote.