A copyright infringement case called Pohl v. MH SUB I d.b.a. Officite (“Officite”) was recently remanded to district court by a somewhat miffed Eleventh Circuit. The plaintiff is Mitchell Pohl, DDS, a dentist who took before-and-after photographs of one patient for promotional use. Evidently the photos were original enough to allow for copyright registration, and Pohl obtained…
Here in the United States, we sometimes have a hard time determining who owns the copyright of something, or whether a work is in the public domain, subject to fair use, similar enough to be infringing, etc., etc. But on April 15th, the European Union committed itself — and the internet service providers (ISPs) that…