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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Frena

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

839 F. Supp. 1552 (1993)

Intellectual Property
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George Frena (defendant) operated an online bulletin board where subscribers could upload and download material, and unauthorized copies of Playboy Enterprises' (plaintiff) copyrighted photographs were uploaded by subscribers and made available for others to view and download; Frena argued he personally never uploaded any of the photographs and that only subscribers had done so.

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Whether the operator of an online message board is guilty of copyright infringement if users upload unauthorized copyrighted material onto the message board.

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