Virginia court issues controversial ruling in copyright infringement case

A judge in the Eastern District of Virginia recently issued what on the face of it looks like a bizarre ruling in image copyright case Brammer v. Violent Hues, LLC, finding that the use of a copyrighted image without permission didn't violate the photographer's copyright. The legal matter began in 2017 after photographer Russell Brammer filed a complaint against Violent Hues Productions, LLC, for altering and using one of his images on its website without first receiving permission. The image ha...