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Sandoval: photographs in the background of Seven

Decision date · 24 June 1998

Context photograph: Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, New York.
Context photograph: Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, New York. Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized

The dispute

The film Seven included the photographer’s prints in several dim background shots.

The decision

The court held that their brief and indistinct appearance was too slight to constitute actionable copying.

Source

Second Circuit · 147 F.3d 215

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