Davis Wright Tremaine Secures Win for Publishing Industry and Authors in Major Copyright Case
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s media litigation team, representing leading book publishers, has been granted summary judgment in a federal lawsuit that challenged mass-scale copyright infringement by the Internet Archive.
Key Points:
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s media litigation team, representing leading book publishers, has been granted summary judgment in a federal lawsuit that challenged mass-scale copyright infringement by the Internet Archive.
- Plaintiffs in the case were Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House.
- They were supported by amici that included the Copyright Alliance, the Authors Guild, the National Writers Union, and the National Press Photographers Association.
- “Internet Archive’s infringing activities, if allowed to continue, would threaten the very ecosystem that makes books possible.”
McNamara and Steinman are both partners in the New York office of Davis Wright Tremaine.