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Mr.Fiction · 11-21-2003, 12:24 AM

Gay Adult Company Files Suit Against Larry Flynt Publications

It was announced Wednesday that the IO Group, Inc., parent company of popular gay adult studio Titan Media, filed suit against Larry Flynt Publications, Inc. (LFP) for copyright infringement and common law Right of Publicity violations. The suit comes after several of Titan?s photographs were found on LFP-owned pay site StudClub.com, served from LFPcontent.com.

?We were stunned to find 220 of our images being sold as content on LFP?s StudClub.com Web site,? said IO?s vice president of marketing Keith Webb. ?The images were being used as content in photo galleries with no associated review or commentary.? Webb added that, ?even more shocking,? the images in question contained Titan copyright marks (either the Titan name or the name of a particular film). ?LFP clearly knew the origins and the owners of the photos, yet they went ahead and published and sold them as content on their paid membership site anyway,? Webb continued.

According to Titan, IO Group is asking for willful statutory damages for each of the 220 images, as well as common law Right of Publicity awards. If the court sides with the plaintiff, IO could receive up to $30 million, which would include damages of up to $150,000 per image.

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...ntent_ID=53189

I wonder if this was content they had a print license for but no web license, or if they had no license at all or something else.

11-21-2003, 12:24 AM
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	Larry Flynt website sued for allegedly using content with no license Gay Adult Company Files Suit Against Larry Flynt Publications It was announced Wednesday that the IO Group, Inc., parent company of popular gay adult studio Titan Media, filed suit against Larry Flynt Publications, Inc. (LFP) for copyright infringement and common law Right of Publicity violations. The suit comes after several of Titan?s photographs were found on LFP-owned pay site StudClub.com, served from LFPcontent.com. ?We were stunned to find 220 of our images being sold as content on LFP?s StudClub.com Web site,? said IO?s vice president of marketing Keith Webb. ?The images were being used as content in photo galleries with no associated review or commentary.? Webb added that, ?even more shocking,? the images in question contained Titan copyright marks (either the Titan name or the name of a particular film). ?LFP clearly knew the origins and the owners of the photos, yet they went ahead and published and sold them as content on their paid membership site anyway,? Webb continued. According to Titan, IO Group is asking for willful statutory damages for each of the 220 images, as well as common law Right of Publicity awards. If the court sides with the plaintiff, IO could receive up to $30 million, which would include damages of up to $150,000 per image. http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...ntent_ID=53189 I wonder if this was content they had a print license for but no web license, or if they had no license at all or something else.