Brammer v. Violent Hues Productions, LLC

Filing 69

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge Claude M. Hilton on 6/11/2018. (dest, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

RUSSELL BRAMMER,

Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. l-17-cv-01009

V.

VIOLENT HUES PRODUCTIONS,
LLC,
Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINON

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Violent

Hues Productions, LLC's Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiff

Russell Brammer, a photographer, initiated this suit claiming
that Violent Hues infringed his copyright by using a photograph
on Violent Hues' website which Brammer had captured and posted
online.

Brammer took the photograph at issue in this case in

November of 2011. The photo is a time-lapse depiction of the
Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C., at night. Brammer

posted this photo on several online image-sharing websites as
well as his personal website. He applied for a copyright

registration in September 2016, which was granted in July 2017.