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Corbis Sues Amazon for Copyright Infringement

Posted by timothy on from the once-is-understandable dept.

Gedvondur writes "The story ran in the WSJ today, that the Gates-owned image company, Corbis, is suing Amazon.com for copyright violations (PDF link). Apparently the suit was without warning to Amazon. Amazon will use the DMCA to defend itself. Link goes to copy of the WSJ article on Corbis's site."

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  1. PDF?? by The+Bungi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a link to news.com. Give Google news a shot, the piece is being carried by just about everyone.

  2. Re:First PDF Sucks Post by Jotham · · Score: 5, Informative
    This isn't Amazon but someone with an Amazon merchant account. Anyone can sign up and use it.

    So while they have a case against the person selling the photos I don't think they have one against Amazon itself (unless it was made aware of the fact and failed to take action - which is not the case).

    This case is akin to charging a newspaper with theft because someone advertised something that turned out to be stolen in the trading post section or pimping because of the classified section.

    The only reason Amazon is the target is because it has more money.