7th Circuit Rejects Copyright Claims Against Amazon.com

Mealey's (January 9, 2017, 1:05 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — In what it deemed a “very unusual case,” the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 6 affirmed dismissal of a dispute in which Amazon.com Inc. was accused of permitting third parties to advertise for sale six counterfeit books in violation of the Copyright Act (Reginald Hart v. Amazon.com Inc., No. 16-2793, 7th Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 256)....