MAVRIX PHOTOGRAPHS, LLC v. LIVEJOURNAL, INC.

No. 14-56596.

873 F.3d 1045 (2017)

MAVRIX PHOTOGRAPHS, LLC, a California limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIVEJOURNAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 7, 2017.

Amended August 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Afrasiabi (argued), Christopher W. Arledge , and John Tehranian , One LLP, Newport Beach, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Wayne Mitchell Barsky (argued), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Blaine H. Evanson and Brandon J. Stoker , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Mitchell L. Stoltz and Corynne McSherry , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California; Jonathan Band , Jonathan Band LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, and Wikimedia Foundation.

Brian M. Willen , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Facebook, Inc.; Github, Inc.; Google, Inc.; IAC/Interactive Corp.; Kickstarter, PBC; Patreon, Inc.; Pinterest, Inc.; The Computer & Communications Industry Association; and The Internet Association.

Kelly M. Klaus , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

Before: Harry Pregerson, Richard A. Paez, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiff Mavrix; Photographs ("Mavrix") appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of Defendant LiveJournal. Mavrix sued LiveJournal for posting twenty of its copyrighted photographs online. The district court held that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's ("DMCA") § 512(c) safe harbor protected...

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