Mavrix Photo is a celebrity photography agency that licenses the pictures to magazines and celebrity gossip websites. Mavrix alleges that it has licensed individual images of celebrities for over $100,000 to major content outlets. Mavrix is accusing the popular men’s website, Guyism.com, of infringing at least 21 different copyrighted Katy Perry bikini pictures by posting them on its website
Mavrix is seeking statutory damage of $3,150,000 for the 21 images. In order to qualify for statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. §412, a plaintiff must show that the pictures were registered within three months from the date of first publication or that the registration occurred before the infringement began.
http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2012/05/copyright-infringing-website-guyism-katy-perry-bikini-pictures-mavrix-photo.html
Mavrix is seeking statutory damage of $3,150,000 for the 21 images. In order to qualify for statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. §412, a plaintiff must show that the pictures were registered within three months from the date of first publication or that the registration occurred before the infringement began.
http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/2012/05/copyright-infringing-website-guyism-katy-perry-bikini-pictures-mavrix-photo.html