Photographer’s Copyright Infringement Claim Against Buzzfeed Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (March 5, 2019, 1:41 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Buzzfeed Inc. failed to establish that it is entitled to safe harbor under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) from a photographer’s copyright infringement claim over a posted picture, a New York federal judge ruled March 1, finding that the plaintiff sufficiently established knowledge of infringement to survive the website operator’s motion to dismiss (Joe Myeress v. Buzzfeed Inc., No. 1:18-cv-02365, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33148)....