Ink drop / Shutterstock
A failed argument on the position of the platform’s adverts on users' feeds provides an important perspective for creators and content platforms alike, finds Sarah Speight.
In early September, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision that social media site Pinterest had not infringed the copyright of a professional photographer’s works.
But what started as a straightforward infringement dispute became much more than that, bringing the role of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and commercial online platforms into sharp focus.
Photographer, digital artist and author Harold Davis—whose famous floral images were used on US postage stamps in 2022—first sued Pinterest in November 2019.
The rest of this article is locked for subscribers only. Please login to continue reading.
If you don't have a login, you will need to purchase a subscription to gain access to this article, including all our online content. Please use this link and follow the steps.
For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription to us that we can add you to for FREE, please email Atif Choudhury at achoudhury@worldipreview.com
copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, safe harbour, Pinterest, US, tech, photography, Harold Davis
