A California-based data analytics company didn’t violate the law when it stripped out metadata from copyrighted photos used in real estate listings, a federal appeals court ruled.
Two photographers who sued CoreLogic Inc. failed to prove the company’s actions would enable or help conceal copyright infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said.
The June 20 precedential decision clarifies what copyright holders have to prove when suing someone for removing copyright management information, which is prohibited under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Real estate agents use CoreLogic’s software to upload photos to property listing databases. Photographers Robert ...
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