De Minimis, License Defenses Rejected In N.C. Copyright Case

Mealey's (December 4, 2020, 12:25 PM EST) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a Dec. 2 order, a federal judge in North Carolina found that two defendants are liable for direct copyright infringement in connection with their use of a photograph to promote a corn hole tournament (David Oppenheimer v. ACL LLC, et al., No. 19-24, W.D. N.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 226248)....