You Can't Claw Back an Expired Claim April 22, 09:20 AMApril 22, 09:21 AM On December 10, 2023, John Price (Price), a resident of Moody, Texas, filed a lawsuit against Moody Independent School District (the District), Bearcat Athletic Booster Club (BABC), and Andrew Miller (Miller). The Moody Independent School District oversees public education in Moody, Texas, with Miller as superintendent, while the BABC, linked to the district, focuses on sports programs. The lawsuit centers on allegations of copyright infringement under chapters 1 and 12 of 17 U.S.C., marking a significant confrontation b ..read more

Maximum Damages for MaximImages? April 15, 09:04 AMApril 15, 09:04 AM In April 2024, a new copyright infringement case was initiated in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Plaintiff Alex Vladimir Maxim (Maxim), a Canadian professional photographer who conducts his business online by selling his artistic photographs on a website named MaximImages, filed a lawsuit against Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (Rutgers), alleging violations of 17 U.S.C 106(1). Rutgers, a prestigious public university established in 1766, stands as the eighth oldest university in the U.S ..read more

Private School Too Public With Photographs Joshua Potter April 01, 11:19 AMApril 01, 11:22 AM In March 2024, professional photographer Mando Morlos ("Morlos") filed a Complaint alleging that St. Francis High School - Salesian College Preparatory ("St. Francis") committed copyright infringement and was in breach of contract over the use of hundreds of photographs he took for the school and its students. St. Francis, located in Watsonville, CA, contracted with Morlos to be the exclusive provider of photography service for the school from June 2018 to May 2021. Morlos specifically gave permissio ..read more

Clash of Colleagues: The Battle for Academic Attribution Jordyn Hansen March 18, 08:20 AMMarch 18, 08:20 AM In February 2022, Esther Wilder (Wilder), from Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY), filed a complaint alleging Sarah Hoiland (Hoiland), from CUNYs Hostos Community College, infringed her copyright during a presentation in February 2019. Wilder alleged that Hoiland had used course materials created by Wilder for a faculty development program, Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education (NICHE), in five slides of a presentation Hoiland gave at the Community College C ..read more

Cases Update March 11, 11:16 AMMarch 11, 11:20 AM Woodson v. Atlantic City Bd. of Education After four long years, the case involving Linda Woodson (Woodson) and the Atlantic Board of Education et al (the Board), initiated in 2019, was finally concluded. Woodson faced two summary judgments against her case, and after filing a second motion to amend, the judge granted a third summary judgment in favor of the defendants. The main question in the cases final stage was whether Woodson was barred by the three-year Statute of Limitations. The court concluded that she was. The district court twice gr ..read more

University of Chicago Flies Too High With Aerial Photograph Joshua Potter February 21, 08:37 AMFebruary 21, 08:37 AM On November 15 th , 2023, John Fielding (Fielding) filed a complaint against The University of Chicago (UChicago) for copyright infringement, alleging the unlicensed use of one of his photographs (the Work). Fielding alleges that UChicago unlawfully used the image as commercial material to advertise and promote its programs. Fielding is a British professional photographer who specializes in aerial photography of the English countryside. Fielding regularly licenses his photograp ..read more

Cases Update BYU Copyright Licensing Office,YouTube,Creative Commons January 08, 03:50 PMJanuary 08, 03:50 PM Marenem v. Springdale Public Schools On May 1 st , 2023, the CLO Blog made a post regarding a case in which an Arkansas school district (Springdale) faced allegations from a company (Marenem) regarding unauthorized use and distribution of proprietary materials. Following that report, the legal process unfolded with multiple hearings and subsequent amendments to filings. On May 23, 2023, Springdale responded to Marenems allegations by submitting an answer. The district refuted claims t ..read more

Capturing the Court Jordyn Hansen November 20, 11:35 AMNovember 20, 11:35 AM On November 2, Fotohaus, LLC. (Fotohaus) filed a Complaint against The University of Chicagos Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM) for copyright infringement. According to the Complaint, owner and photographer of Fotohaus, Daniel Foster, created the photo Medical Research 2 in 2015, and assigned the copyright to Fotohaus. In May of 2021, Fotohaus became aware of ITM using the photo on two separate published sections of its website without obtaining permission. One is the Radiomics section, the other is on the i ..read more

This case involves copyright infringement claims brought by Pima Community College (“Pima”) against Mr. Edip Yuksel (“Yuksel”), a former employee of 23 years. Pima is a public community college located in Tucson, Arizona, and it specializes in providing technical-vocational courses to students across various fields of applied technology, including aerospace, defense, and healthcare.On July 31, 2023, Pima filed a complaint against Yuksel for his refusal to remove videos he had posted on YouTube and his website. These videos contained recordings of some of the class lectures he had recorded duri ..read more

This legal case (Oppenheimer v. The Trustees of The Stevens Institute of Technology et al.) involves a professional photographer from New Jersey, referred to herein as David Oppenheimer or simply “Oppenheimer,” and the Stevens Institute of Technology (the “Institute”)—a nonprofit institution also situated in New Jersey. Oppenheimer boasts an impressive portfolio, having conducted business with notable clients such as National Geographic, Rolling Stone, NBC, MTV, MSNBC, Goldman Sachs, and HBO Sports.In 2016, Oppenheimer captured an aerial photograph at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New ..read more