A nonprofit web host got a copyright demand—for a photo it didn’t post. They removed it anyway. The law firm still demanded money. EFF pushed back, and the claim fell apart. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/baseless-copyright-claim-against-web-host-and-why-it-failed
A nonprofit web host got a copyright demand—for a photo it didn’t post. They…
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A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed
Higbee & Associates, a law firm known for sending copyright demand letters to website owners, targeted May First Movement Technology, accusing it of infringing a photograph owned by Agence France-Presse (AFP). The claim was baseless. May First didn’t post the photo. It didn’t even own the website where the photo appeared.
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@eff I'm curious what changes to the statutory damages framework would reduce the incentive for this nonsense. Are there any benefits are protections that are worth preserving in the statutory damages framework?