Legal Opinion
Resnick v. Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 16, 2006No. 01-11520-RWZPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZOBEL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Seth Resnick, Paula Lerner, and Michael Grecco are freelance photographers. Defendant Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (“CCC”) is a clearinghouse through which anyone may obtain the right to copy articles from various publications with whom CCC has agreements. Plaintiffs are the registered copyright holders of certain photographic images, which appear in articles whose copyrights are managed by CCC. They allege that CCC has facilitated and encouraged copyright infringement by allowing third parties to copy articles that contain…
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