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No CTRL-ALT-DEL in the 9th Circuit for the Server Test

The IP Law Blog

The named plaintiff is a photojournalist whose photographs were featured on the websites of various media outlets without a license. The district court held that the Ninth Circuit’s 2007 opinion in Perfect 10, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc. , the case that established the Server Test, precluded a finding in favor of Hunley.

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Is The Server Test Ready for a Reboot?

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Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. Alexis Hunley et al v. Amazon.com, Inc.

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Instagram Not Liable For Copyright Infringement Over Embedded Images

TorrentFreak

In common with content created in other fields, photographs generally enjoy protection under copyright law, allowing photographers to determine who can duplicate and/or distribute their work. Photographers Alexis Hunley and Matthew Brauer posted several of their copyrighted works on Instagram. pdf ) case in 2007.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa Recently, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed what has become known as the “server test”: in order to be held directly liable for violating the public display right, the alleged infringer must have a fixed “copy” of the work stored on a server in its possession or control. Instagram, LLC , 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir.

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No CTRL-ALT-DEL in the 9th Circuit for the Server Test

LexBlog IP

The named plaintiff is a photojournalist whose photographs were featured on the websites of various media outlets without a license. To violate the public display right, infringers must “display ‘copies’ of the copyrighted work.” Amazon.com, Inc. ,

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Is The Server Test Ready for a Reboot?

LexBlog IP

“Embedding” means the process of copying unique HTML code assigned to the location of a digital copy of the photo or video published to the Internet, and the insertion of that code into a target webpage or social media post so that photo or video is linked for display within the target post. Amazon.com, Inc.

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Why Astley’s New Soundalike Lawsuit Should Be Rickrolled Out Of Court

Copyright Lately

Is Rick Astley’s right of publicity claim against Yung Gravy for vocal impersonation on a collision course with the federal Copyright Act? British singer Rick Astley is best known for “ Never Gonna Give You Up ,” a song people voluntarily listened to in 1987 and were tricked into listening to in 2007.

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