Legal Opinion
Grace v. Corbis Sygma
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 9, 2005No. 02 Civ. 8597(DC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
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Plaintiff Arthur Grace is a photojournalist whose photographs recorded events of historical significance for many years. His images appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including Time, Newsweek, and Life, often on the cover, examples of which are shown above. For three decades he had a licensing arrangement with defendant Sygma Photo News, Inc. (“Sygma”), whereby Sygma took possession of the images and licensed them to news publications and other media. When the relationship ended in 2001, Grace asked Sygma to return his photographs, but…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Grace v. Corbis-SygmaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Grace v. CORBIS SYGMADistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008