Cases

Here you will find information on litigation that involves or directly affects Creative Commons legal tools. Click on the link to each case name for more details on the dispute.

Country Case name License Year of resolution
Belgium Linchôdmapwa v L'asbl Festival de Theatre de Spa CC BY-NC-ND 2010
Germany Gerlachs v DVU CC BY-SA 2010
Germany Spirit Legal LLP v Redacted Parties Unknown 2016
Spain SGAE v Fernandez Unknown 2006
Spain SGAE v Luis Unknown 2005
Israel Avi Re'uveni v Mapa Inc. CC BY-NC-ND
Israel No. 71036 v Newspaper CC BY-SA 2011
Netherlands Curry v Audax CC BY-NC-SA 2006
Netherlands ECLI:NL:RBMNE:2021:5887 CC BY-SA 4.0 2021
United States Minor Outlying Islands Philpot v. Santos BY-SA 3.0, BY 2.0
United States of America Chang v Virgin Mobile and Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2009
United States of America Drauglis v Kappa Map Group CC BY-SA 2015
United States of America Eldred v. Ashcroft Unknown 2003
United States of America GateHouse Media, Inc. v. That’s Great News, LLC CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 2010
United States of America Great Minds v FedEx Office CC BY-NC-SA 2018
United States of America Great Minds v Office Depot CC BY-NC-SA 2019
United States of America Internet Brands v Holliday CC BY-SA 2012
United States of America Jacobsen v Katzer Unknown 2010
United States of America Lasica v. America Online, Inc. CC BY-NC 2.0 2016
United States of America Lisa Coppola, LLC v. Higbee CC BY-SA 2020
United States of America Philpot v. 420 Magazine, Inc. Unknown 2015
United States of America Philpot v. Alpha Media USA, LLC BY-SA 3.0, BY 2.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Alternet Media CC-BY 2.0 2018
United States of America Philpot v. Baltimore Post-Examiner BY-SA 3.0 unported
United States of America Philpot v. Blackbird Production Partners LLC BY-SA 3.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Brown CC BY 2.0 2021
United States of America Philpot v. CalNews, Inc. BY-SA 3.0, BY 2.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Citizen Outreach Foundation, Inc. BY-SA 3.0
United States of America Philpot v. Contemporary Media, Inc. BY-SA 3.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Cumulus Media Inc. BY-SA 3.0, BY 2.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Denver Dispensary LLC CC BY 2.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Emmis Operating Co. CC BY 2.0 2019
United States of America Philpot v. Funny or Die Media, Inc. BY-SA 3.0 2021
United States of America Philpot v. Future Health, Inc. et al BY-SA 2.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Independent Journal Review BY-SA 3.0
United States of America Philpot v. Kos Media LLC CC BY 2.0 2019
United States of America Philpot v. Lending Tree, LLC CC BY 2.0
United States of America Philpot v LM Communications CC BY 2.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v Media Research Center CC BY 3.0 2018
United States of America Philpot v. Music Times LLC CC-BY-SA 3.0 unported 2017
United States of America Philpot v. MyArea Network, Inc. CC BY 2.0, CC BY-SA 3.0
United States of America Philpot v. Nerger BY-SA 3.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. New Orleans Tourism Mktg. Corp. CC-BY 2.0 2019
United States of America Philpot v. Rocking M Media, LLC et al BY-SA 3.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Rural Media Grp., Inc. CC BY 2.0 2015
United States of America Philpot v. Scene Entertainment, LLC CC BY-SA 2019
United States of America Philpot v. Scripps Media, Inc. et al BY-SA 3.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Snopes Media Group Inc. BY-SA 3.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Toledo Radio, LLC CC BY 2.0 2017
United States of America Philpot v. Universal Media, Inc. BY-SA 3.0 2020
United States of America Philpot v. Vivid Seats LLC BY-SA 3.0 2021
United States of America Philpot v. WKMS/Murray State University CC BY 2.0 2016
United States of America Philpot v. World Public Library Association Unknown 2019
United States of America Philpot v. WOS, Inc. BY-SA 3.0 unported 2019
United States of America Pierce v. Lifezette, Inc. CC BY 2.0 2021
United States of America Simon J. Burchett Photography, Inc. v. Infoway LLC Unknown 2020
United States of America Wikimedia Foundation v Internet Brands CC BY-SA 2012