August 18, 2016
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday revived a music photographer's lawsuit against Live Nation Merchandise Inc. over a Run-DMC photograph they used without his permission, saying a lower court incorrectly tossed the suit's willful copyright infringement claims.
February 11, 2016
Photographer Glen Friedman told the Ninth Circuit on Thursday that a district court erred in determining Live Nation Merchandise didn't act willfully when it infringed his copyright by selling merchandise featuring his images of hip-hop group Run-DMC, saying the burden of proof shouldn't have been his.