An operator of senior-living homes will have to pay $6.3 million to a photographer for posting more than 40 of his images on its website without consent, a judge ruled.
The Tuesday judgment finalizes a December jury verdict finding Pacifica Senior Living Management LLC had willfully infringed Scott Hargis’ copyrights in 42 photos and owed him $150,000 in statutory damages for each infringed image, Judge Mark C. Scarsi of the US District Court for the Central District of California wrote.
Before Pacifica owned the facility, Hargis was retained by another senior-living company, Atria Management Co., to take pictures of the ...
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