Traverse Internet Law Federal Court Report: December 2010 - Copyright Infringement Cases

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MAVRIX PHOTO, INC. v. DAILY MAIL OF LONDON, ET AL.
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (LOS ANGELES)
2:10-CV-09045
FILED: 11/23/2010

This case is a good reminder that all because images are on the Internet doesn’t mean that they can be used by you in any manner. Photographs are creative works that are most often protected by copyright rights that arise at the time the photograph is created.

Mavrix is a prominent celebrity photography agency which licenses its photographs to some of the world’s leading newspaper, television programs, and magazines. The Defendant is the publisher of a worldwide online newspaper. Plaintiff alleges that the Defendant keeps taking and using its photographs without licensing and paying for the use. The photographs include those of Pamela Anderson, Roger Daltrey, Halle Berry, Kate Hudson, and other Hollywood celebrities.

The lawsuit claims copyright infringement and requests permanent injunctive relief, statutory damages, an accounting of Defendants’ profits, actual damages, and other such relief the Court deems appropriate. Traverse Internet Law Cross-Reference Number 1456.