Federal Court Judge Catherine Kane wrote in a ruling issued Tuesday that the actions of Afterlife Network Inc. amounted to ‘obituary piracy’
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A judge has ordered an online obituary site to pay $20 million in damages for the unauthorized use of notices and photographs taken from websites of Canadian funeral homes and newspapers.
Kane found that by using photographs and details of the deceased and then inviting people to purchase flowers and other gifts, the company had repeatedly violated copyright. She says it’s not clear how many class members there are. There were over one million obituaries on the Afterlife website. The judge also says in the ruling that she agrees with the applicant that Afterlife’s conduct was “high-handed, reprehensible and represents a marked departure from standards of decency.”
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