Legal Opinion

Mango v. Buzzfeed, Inc.

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided January 17, 2019No. 17 Civ. 6784 (VM)PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VICTOR MARRERO, United States District Judge.

Plaintiff Gregory Mango ("Mango") brings this action against defendant BuzzFeed, Inc. ("BuzzFeed"), alleging that BuzzFeed reproduced and published without authorization a copyrighted photograph taken and owned by Mango (the "Photograph"). (See"Amended Complaint," Dkt. No. 16.) Mango alleges that he created the Photograph, which depicts a man named Raymond Parker ("Parker") sitting on a couch, and licensed the Photograph to the New York Post , a daily newspaper. Mango alleges that BuzzFeed subsequently published a copy of the Photograph on its…

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