Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena, 839 F.Supp. 1552 (1993)[1] was a copyright infringement case decided by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, holding that the unauthorized online distribution of copied photographs was copyright infringement; and that removing a magazine's trademark from copied images was trademark infringement.[1]
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena | |
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Court | United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida |
Full case name | Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena |
Decided | December 9, 1993 |
Citation | 839 F.Supp. 1552 |
Holding | |
Copying images from a magazine and placing them online is a violation of copyright law and trademark law. | |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Harvey E. Schlesinger |
Laws applied | |
Copyright Act of 1976, Lanham Act |
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