Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Webbworld, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that the presence of infringing photographs that “enhance the attractiveness” of an infringer’s website is sufficient to show a direct financial interest even where the photographs themselves were not directly monetized
• finding the owner and operator of a website could be liable for vicarious copyright infringement for alleged copyright infringement occurring on the website
• it is also a requirement of a vicarious infringement claim that a defendant has a “direct financial interest in the infringing activity.”
• “The copyright owner need not prove knowledge or intent on the part of the defendant to establish liability for direct copyright infringement.”
• “[T]he Ninth Circuit found it sufficient that the infringing materials likely enhanced the swap meet for its customers. The Ninth Circuit’s reasoning applies as well to this case…”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).