[The Next Web] Instasued: When does protecting your personal copyright turn into trolling?


Instagram is being sued for allowing an image to remain on site despite the copyright owner sending multiple DMCA takedown requests. As spotted by TorrentFreak, US-based photographer Jennifer Reilly filed a case against Instagram for hosting or linking to one of her copyrighted images without her permission. The complain alleges that by allowing the image of red lips and a microphone to remain on the site in various forms – largely as other user’s profile images – Instagram is breaking copyright and not complying with its takedown requirements as the image in question was a batch registered with the copyright office in…

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