Electronic Agreements Can Effect Copyright Transfers: Fourth Circuit | Practical Law
In Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. v. American Home Realty Network, Inc. the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that registration of a photograph database satisfied the pre-suit registration requirement for the component photographs even though the application did not identify the photographs' titles or authors. The court also held that under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign Act), an online click-through agreement satisfied the signed writing requirement to effectively transfer copyright ownership under Section 204 of the Copyright Act.