Legal Opinion
CoStar Group, Inc. v. LoopNet, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 21, 2004No. 03-1911PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL joined. Judge GREGORY wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
CoStar Group, Inc. and CoStar Realty Information, Inc. (collectively “CoStar”), a copyright owner of numerous photographs of commercial real estate, commenced this copyright infringement action against Lo-opNet, Inc., an Internet service provider, for direct infringement under §§ 501 and 106 of the Copyright Act because CoStar’s copyrighted photographs were posted by LoopNet’s subscribers on LoopNet’s website. CoStar contended…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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