Playboy drops ridiculous copyright suit against Boing Boing
Earlier this month, a federal judge had dismissed a lawsuit that Playboy brought against Boing Boing , stating that the court is "skeptical that plaintiff has sufficiently alleged facts to support either its inducement or material contribution theories of copyright infringement." Yesterday, Playboy released a statement that it won't refile the case. It all started last November, when Playboy sued Boing Boing after the online outlet published a link to an Imgur gallery entitled "Every Playboy Playmate Centerfold Ever" (The gallery has since been taken down). Boing Boing was not responsible for any of the content; all it did was link to it. But Playboy had sued it anyway, accusing it for profiting from those unauthorized images. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represented Boing Boing in this case, said at the time that Boing Boing 's reporting of the Playboy photos is protected by copyright's fair use doctrine. EFF Senior Staff Attorney D...