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· 9/17/2015

Raanan Katz v. Irina Chevaldina

Citations

  • 802 F.3d 1178
  • 116 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1060
  • 43 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2337
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 16546
  • 2015 WL 5449883

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  • holding that defendant’s “use of the Photo was transformative because, in the context of the blog post’s surrounding commentary, [defendant] used [plaintiffs] purportedly ‘ugly’ and ‘compromising’ appearance to ridicule and satirize his character”
  • finding that the use of the photograph was transformative because it was accompanied by commentary that ridiculed and satirized the subject of the photograph

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Judges: Tjoflat, Wilson, Black

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