No. 24-1040

Elliot McGucken v. Valnet, Inc., a Canadian Corporation, dba TheTravel.com

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response Waived
Tags: copyright-infringement fair-use public-display statutory-interpretation technological-process unauthorized-use
Latest Conference: 2025-04-25
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the exclusive right to publicly display a copyrighted work, 17 U.S.C. § 106(5), is infringed when a website operator publicly shows a copyrighted work without authorization, regardless of the technological process used to show the work.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the exclusive right to publicly display a copyrighted work, 17 U.S.C. § 106(5), is infringed when a website operator publicly shows a copyrighted work without authorization, regardless of the technological process used to show the work

Docket Entries

2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-21
Amicus brief of American Society of Media Photographers, National Press Photographers Association, et al. submitted.
2025-04-21
Brief amici curiae of American Society of Media Photographers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-16
Amicus brief of National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers submitted.
2025-04-16
Brief amicus curiae of National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers filed.(Distributed)
2025-04-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-04-07
Waiver of Valnet, Inc. of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-07
Waiver of right of respondent Valnet, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-03-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 1, 2025)

Attorneys

American Society of Media Photographers
Thomas Blake MaddreyAmerican Society of Media Photographers, Inc., Amicus
Elliot McGucken
Joe Wesley EarnhardtCravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Petitioner
National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers
Steven T. LoweLowe & Associates. P.C., Amicus
Valnet, Inc.
David Alan SteinbergMitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Respondent