Legal Opinion
Russell Brammer v. Violent Hues Productions, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 26, 2019No. 18-1763PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
Russell Brammer, a commercial photographer, brought this copyright infringement action after learning that Violent Hues Productions, LLC, had made an unlicensed use of one of his photographs on its website. The district court granted summary judgement to Violent Hues, ruling that this unauthorized display constituted "fair use" under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 107 . For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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Brammer licenses his work as stock imagery. 1 On November 19, 2011, Brammer shot the…
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