Maryland photographer William Cobb accuses TripAdvisor of misusing one of his photographs on its website. The complaint asserts that TripAdvisor stripped copyright management information from a Cobb photograph and then placed the photograph on TripAdvisor’s website in several places. The photograph, an aerial view of St. Petersburg, Florida, appeared on a “things to do” page, identified as https://www.thingstodo.avis.com, that appears to belong to Avis rather than TripAdvisor. No explanation is given as to why TripAdvisor is responsible for the placement of the photograph on this web page.
