Photographer Amici To 9th Circuit: Compiled Photos Have Independent Value

Mealey's (August 16, 2022, 2:03 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — One week after a real estate photographer asked the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a trial court’s per-photo statutory judgment against Zillow Group Inc. in a copyright infringement dispute, a coalition of photographer associations filed an amicus curiae brief on Aug. 8 supporting the appellee’s position that photos within a compilation have an independent value....