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A publisher has filed a copyright infringement case against Tumblr, launching what could be a test of legal rights and responsibilities of photo sharing services and their customers. The outcome could determine the limits of protection photo sharing services such as Tumblr, Pinterest, and Twitpic have from claims over infringements committed by their subscribers.
Perfect 10, a San Diego-based publisher of pornography, has filed suit alleging that Tumblr ignored repeated requests to remove photos that had been uploaded to Tumblr without authorization from Perfect 10.
Perfect 10 says it sent six take-down notices to Tumblr during September, October and December, 2011. But Tumblr has for the most part ignored the notices, Perfect 10 alleges. “Tumblr has failed to completely process any of Perfect 10′s
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