2nd Circuit Affirms Judgment Against BuzzFeed For Posting Photo Without Credits

Mealey's (August 17, 2020, 12:32 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A photographer was not required to show that BuzzFeed Inc. knew that its posting of his picture without proper copyright management information (CMI) would result in future third-party infringement to succeed on his Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claim against the website operator, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Aug. 13, upholding a judgment and an award in the photographer's favor (Gregory Mango v. BuzzFeed Inc., No. 19-0446, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 25674)....