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Appellate Court leaves open question of good faith in copyright litigation

Mike Nepple June 24, 2019
Illustration of thief caught stealing books

In a recent decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals avoiding answering if good faith is a viable defense to a copyright infringement claim. Instead, the court found the defendant failed to prove its alleged good faith, reversing a lower court’s dismissal of a photographer’s claim. READ MORE