A photographer’s claim that infringing copies of his iconic, copyrighted sports photograph were sold on Amazon.com after he informed the company of the infringement was sufficient to support an action for contributory copyright infringement against Amazon, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled June 11 (Masck v. Sports Illustrated, E.D. Mich., 2:13-cv-10226-GAD-DRG, 6/11/13).
Judge Gershwin A. Drain said that Amazon.com Inc.'s continued sales of infringing merchandise over the company’s website after it learned of the infringement amounted to a material contribution to the infringement.
The court rejected Amazon’s argument that it had a defense ...
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