Arena Football Team Loses First Battle with Photographer

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has denied a motion to dismiss brought by the owners of an Arena Football League team, which was sued by a photographer for copyright infringement, declaratory judgment, and unjust enrichment.   The crux of the issue was a March 2007 agreement the plaintiff, photographer Steven Woltmann, had with the previous owners of the team that allegedly required that all ownership rights in Woltmann's images would revert back to Woltmann if, among