Intellectual Property
Jan. 30, 2024
Netflix denies infringement over Conor McGregor documentary
“Plaintiff’s purported copyright was not validly registered before the alleged infringement occurred,” Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner Jonathan L. Segal stated.
Lawyers for Netflix argued that a safe harbor provision protects the streaming giant from a copyright lawsuit by a videographer over 3½ seconds of footage in its 2023 documentary series about Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Conor McGregor.
“Plaintiff’s claims are barred, in whole or in part, because Netflix is shielded from liability under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor provision, 17 U.S.C. § 512,” Davis Wright T...
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