American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. v. Google, Inc. (S.D.N.Y. 2010) (complaint)

On Wednesday, a group of photographers, illustrators and graphic artists filed a class action lawsuit against Google. The class action plaintiffs allege that Google had, in effecting its Google Books program, committed copyright infringement by (i) scanning and creating digital copies of images without permission; (ii) storing digital copies of the images; and (iii), distributing and publicly displaying the images. According to the plaintiffs, the suit was “designed to redress the most widespread, well-publicized, and uncompensated infringement of exclusive rights in images in the history of book and periodical publishing.”

(H/t Marty Schwimmer.)