Case Law
There is a a listing of court decisions that discuss or are directly relevant to Creative Commons licenses. The decisions can come from any jurisdiction around the world. It is a list of decisions, not cases.
Cases
| 09-1684-A_(Lichôdmapwa_v._L'asbl_Festival_de_Theatre_de_Spa) | |
| Äventyrsgruvan i Tuna Hästberg v. Gunnarsson | |
| Chang v. Virgin Mobile | |
| Curry v. Audax | |
| Gerlach vs. DVU | |
| Internet Brands v. Holliday | Litigation involving ownership of wiki material contributed by a broad community and licensed under CC BY-SA. At no point in either case was the validity of the CC license contested. |
| Jacobsen v. Katzer | |
| No. 71036 N. v. Newspaper | Photographer who used BY-SA licenses on his photographs had some photographs used in a Newspaper. The newspaper did not provide proper attribution. The newspaper had also used Wikipedia text without proper attribution. |
| SGAE v. Fernandez | |
| SGAE v. Luis | |
| Spirit | German court required removal of hyperlink to CC-licensed image used in violation of license terms. Note: the parties names are redacted in the published decision. The case number is ref. 310 O 402/16. |
| TA 3560/09, 3561/09, Avi Re'uveni v. Mapa inc. ישראל: לראשונה, ביהמ"ש אכף רישיון קריאייטיב קומונס |
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