Months ago the Internet was all atwitter with the copyright infringement lawsuit Eric Dane and his wife Rebecca Gayheart (collectively, "McSteamy") filed against Gawker over their sex-less sex tape.
We may move on, but litigation plods along forever.
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This week comes news that the judge ruled that the plaintiffs may not recover attorney's fees or statutory damages.
The statutory damages ruling was a foregone conclusion.
As we noted when we called the suit for Gawker in September, statutory damages are not available if the "publishing" pre-dates the copyright registration. McSteamy's copyright registration shows they officially became the authors on August 19, two days after Gawker initially aired a portion of the video.
