No. 24-1040

Elliot McGucken v. Valnet, Inc., a Canadian Corporation, dba TheTravel.com

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: copyright-infringement fair-use public-display statutory-interpretation technological-process unauthorized-use
Key Terms:
Copyright
Latest Conference: 2025-04-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the exclusive right to publicly display a copyrighted work, 17 U.S.C. § 106(5), is infringed when a website operator publicly shows a copyrighted work without authorization, regardless of the technological process used to show the work

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

is: Whether the exclusive right to publicly display a copyrighted work, 17 U.S.C. § 106(5), is infringed when a website operator publicly shows a copyrighted work without authorization, regardless of the technological process used to show the work .

Docket Entries

2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-21
Amicus brief of American Society of Media Photographers, National Press Photographers Association, et al. submitted.
2025-04-21
Brief amici curiae of American Society of Media Photographers, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-04-16
Amicus brief of National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers submitted.
2025-04-16
Brief amicus curiae of National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers filed.(Distributed)
2025-04-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-04-07
Waiver of Valnet, Inc. of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-07
Waiver of right of respondent Valnet, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-03-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 1, 2025)

Attorneys

American Society of Media Photographers
Thomas Blake MaddreyAmerican Society of Media Photographers, Inc., Amicus
Thomas Blake MaddreyAmerican Society of Media Photographers, Inc., Amicus
American Society of Media Photographers, National Press Photographers Association, et al.
Thomas Blake MaddreyAmerican Society of Media Photographers, Inc., Amicus
Elliot McGucken
Joe Wesley EarnhardtCravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Petitioner
Joe Wesley EarnhardtCravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Petitioner
National Society of Entertainment & Arts Lawyers
Steven T. LoweLowe & Associates. P.C., Amicus
Steven T. LoweLowe & Associates. P.C., Amicus
Valnet, Inc.
David Alan SteinbergMitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Respondent
David Alan SteinbergMitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Respondent