Photo Distributor Waives Response To Cert Petition Over Copyright Info Removal

Mealey's (January 6, 2023, 10:29 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After prevailing in the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals over claims that it violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by stripping photographers’ copyright management information (CMI) from pictures that it licensed to third parties, a photo distributor filed a notice with the U.S. Supreme Court that it was waiving its right to respond to a petition for certiorari from a photography company asking the high court to clarify the necessary elements to bring a CMI violation under the statute....