recently, Mark, a famous American photographer．Selig (Mark Seliger) Comcast of the United States (Comcast) Which is owned by NBC Universal (Global corporation) File a lawsuit for copyright infringement, And seeking millions of dollars in damages from Universal. According to the lawsuit, Selig is known around the world for the quality of his portraits, But many of them were found on Universal's celebrity gossip sites without the necessary permission Eonline. com (E! ) reprint. 　　Over the years, It is not uncommon for damages to run into the tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits against pirate website operators. This is mainly due to the scale of the alleged infringement and the large number of copyrighted works involved. 　　In recent years, Many photographers are seeking to assert their rights, Sometimes a lawsuit is even filed over a photo or a video, Recently, for example, model Kendall．Jenna (Kendall Jenner) The case of. but, Selig's lawsuit against Universal is comparable to the infringement claim in the piracy site case. 　　Selig filed the lawsuit in district court in New York. pleadings (And a subsequent amended complaint) According to, A gossip portal owned by Universal "E! " Reproduced the photographer's famous portraits without permission. 　　 "Selig is an experienced and acclaimed photographer. His work has been in "Rolling Stone" (Rolling Stone) , "gentleman" (GQ) , "fashion" (Vogue) and "Vanity Fair" (Vanity Fair) Show in a magazine, He also created many album covers, Picture books and videos. " 　　 "Selig also worked with Netflix, Lewis and Ralph．Global brands such as Lauren have collaborated to create many photographic works. He has won numerous awards, Including the Rio Grand Prix (Clio Grand Prix) And the Cannes Grand Prix of Creativity (Cannes Lions Grand Prix) The grand prize. His work is part of the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of the permanent collection. " 　　The complaint shows dozens of iconic celebrity portraits owned by the photographer (For example, Millie．Cyrus, this．Affleck, Leonardo．dicaprio, Brad．Pete, Nikki．Minaj, Johnny．Depp, Jennifer．Lopez, Alec．Baldwin, Jamie．Dornan, Amy．Schumer, Bradley．Cooper and Katie．Holmes et al) , And will Eonline. com The web page lists the urls of copyrighted works. 　　The complaint said: "The defendant and related parties, Without the consent of the plaintiff, On the website (The URL is listed in the evidence attachment) Intentional copying, reprint, Exhibited and disseminated the subject photography for financial gain, " and, "The plaintiff did not consent to its use of subject photography. " 　　Selig said, Universal publications accessed the copyrighted works from his website and social media, among other things, Made a copy, And then the dozens listed in the complaint Eonline. com Reprinted on the web page. The Web pages listed in the lawsuit are numerous, That means if the court rules in favor of the photographer, At least on paper, Global's lawsuit could become extremely costly. 　　Selig's first claim in the lawsuit was as a plaintiff "intentionally, Deliberately or even maliciously" Directly infringe copyright, And requires the defendant to pay maximum damages for each violation 15 Ten thousand dollars. The second relief claim is substitution and/Or conspiracy to infringe copyright, The photographer is seeking equal damages for each violation of U. S. copyright law. The third claim states, Selig's work "Periodical publication, With a signature, Reputation and other copyright management information" , This shows the identity of its creator. According to the content of the lawsuit, The defendant deleted the information and the information before disseminating his work online/Or added false information. The above actions are in violation "United States code" The first 17 edit 1202 (a) clause, Selig is seeking additional damages from the defendants, The amount has not yet been determined. 　　According to the relevant standards of the case, Selig further asked the court for an enforcement order, To prevent the defendant from continuing to violate his rights and to require the defendant to pay court costs and attorney's fees, A jury trial was also requested.

(Compiled from torrentfreak. com) 　　

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Wang Dan　proofread: Rason group

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