Flava Works, Inc. v. Gunter
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
689 F.3d 754 (2012)
Relevant factsFree
Flava Works (plaintiff) sold videos online, letting paying customers download them for personal use. myVidster (defendant) was a bookmarking service that let users post public links to videos hosted elsewhere, without ever hosting any video itself. Some Flava customers uploaded their downloaded Flava videos to outside servers and linked them through myVidster for public viewing. Flava sued myVidster for contributory copyright infringement and obtained a preliminary injunction from the district court, which myVidster appealed.
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Whether a person who facilitates conduct that infringes a copyright is a contributory infringer.