Background information

Larry Philpot is a freelance concert photographer who photographed musician Jeff Tweedy and made these photographs available under a Creative Commons License. Philpot alleged that Blackbird Production infringed his copyright by publishing, copying, and displaying the photographs on their website, https://blackbirdpresents.com, without proper attribution to Philpot and his website. Philpot sought actual damages, interest, reasonable attorney’s fees, and statutory damages.

Case summary

After the court issued a show casue order that Plaintiff show cause why the action should not be dismissed for failure to serve or prosecute filed on 10/13/2020, Philpot voluntarily dismissed the case with prejudice the same day.