Legal Opinion
Peker v. Masters Collection
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 16, 2000No. 98 CV 0672PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NICKERSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs ELE. Elya Peker (“Elya”) and Katrina Peker, pro se, bring this action for copyright infringement against defendant Masters Collection (“Masters”). Plaintiffs’ complaint alleges that Masters infringed Elya’s copyright when it used posters of one of Elya’s paintings'to create an oil painting replica that was sold through catalogs and over the Internet. Both parties have moved for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56.
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The record, in substance, shows the following.
Plaintiff Elya is an artist whose oil paintings…
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