BuzzFeed’s Loss in Photo Case Affirmed by Second Circuit (1)

BuzzFeed Inc. is liable under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for altering a photographer’s credit for a picture and publishing the photo in an article without permission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed Thursday.

BuzzFeed published an article about a discrimination lawsuit against New York City that included a picture taken by freelance photographer Gregory Mango and licensed to the New York Post. A BuzzFeed reporter downloaded the photo from the New York Post website, edited Mango’s credit to refer to the subject’s law firm, and used the picture in the article.

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