by Joel Rothman | Feb 13, 2017 | Copyright Infringement
VHT, the real estate photo giant, filed suit for copyright infringement against Zillow Group in July 2015 alleging that Zillow had been stealing tens of thousands of VHT’s photos and illegally using them for its own profit and gain on the Zillow Digs website. At the...
by Joel Rothman | Aug 15, 2016 | Copyright Infringement
If you find it on the internet than it must be free. How wrong is that! It’s about time that photographers get the respect they deserve and their photographs receive the value that they deserve. Copyright infringement plaintiffs are entitled to recover actual...
by Joel Rothman | Jun 11, 2016 | Copyright Infringement
Our firm represents many real estate and architectural photographers. Our experience suggests that the unique challenges facing real estate photographers are not currently being addressed by the different photography associations. Which raises the question, should...
by Joel Rothman | Jun 2, 2016 | Copyright Infringement
On February 5, 2014, Iran Watson brought a claim against Kappa Map Group, LLC in federal court for copyright infringement for the unlicensed use of one of Watson’s photographs on the cover of an Atlanta Street Atlas published by Kappa. Additionally, Watson brought a...
by Joel Rothman | May 17, 2016 | Copyright Infringement
The National Association of Realtors has made some important revisions to its Handbook on Multiple Listing Policy. These changes clarify NAR’s MLS policies to highlight the importance of licensing. It is now imperative for every real estate broker to understand...
by Joel Rothman | Feb 27, 2016 | Copyright Infringement
This is the first in a series of articles discussing the defense of computer code copyright infringement cases. As I write this I am thinking about the many cases filed by serial plaintiff Live Face on Web, LLC also known as LFOW. LFOW has made many enemies by...