Greg Young Publishing, Inc. v. Zazzle, Inc.

I. Factual Allegations and Procedural Background

Plaintiff, Greg Young Publishing, Inc., is a corporation which works in publishing visual arts. Dkt. 217. Defendant, Zazzle, Inc., runs a website that allows users to upload images of artwork and choose consumer products for those images to appear on. Id. Zazzle then offers those products for sale to the public. Id. On June 23, 2016, GYPI filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against Zazzle alleging that Zazzle sold products bearing 41 different images to which GYPI holds a copyright. Zazzle Opp., Dkt. 219 at 2.

On March 21, 2017, both parties moved for summary judgment. Dkt. 81 at 1. In Zazzle’s answer to GYPI’s motion for summary judgment, Zazzle asserted that they are protected from liability by the “safe harbor” provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”),

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Initials of Preparer

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

Case No. 2:16-cv-04587 SVW (KSx) Date July 9, 2020

Title Greg Young Publishing, Inc. v. Zazzle, Inc.

U.S.C. § 512(c). Id. The “safe harbor” provision of the DMCA protects service providers from liability for infringing works stored on a “system or…