“The economic loss rule” dictates that “purely economic loss due to disappointed expectations” cannot be remedied in tort.

Plaintiffs’ fraud claim alleges merely that GitHub stated that it would not sell or distribute Plaintiffs’ code, then “failed to honor [these] representations”.

Plaintiffs duplicate their DMCA, tort, passing off, and privacy claims as purported violations by GitHub of California’s Unfair Competition Law.

Plaintiffs’ breach of contract claim fails at the outset because the Complaint does not identify the contract(s) or provision(s) that each Defendant breached.

Although Plaintiffs label their claim one for tortious interference with contract, they identify no contractual relationship between themselves and anyone else.