Clifton v. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.

*1222ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS

[Re: ECF No. 18]

LAUREL BEELER, United States Magistrate Judge . .

INTRODUCTION

Carr Clifton is a photographer who licensed many of his photographs to book publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (“HMH”). These licenses were limited in scope, and Mr. Clifton alleges HMH exceeded this scope without his permission and therefore violated his copyrights in his photographs. HMH filed a motion to dismiss Mr. Clifton’s complaint because, HMH argues, the complaint does not contain sufficient factual allegations to raise a plausible claim for relief. The…