In a public update on its ongoing copyright infringement legal battle with Zillow, CoStar Group is claiming that the listing portal giant is continuing to infringe on CoStar’s intellectual property by displaying CoStar owned images on its site. Filed in late July, CoStar’s lawsuit accuses Zillow of “rampant” copyright infringement of listing photos. The complaint […]
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Zillow has begun removing the images at the center of CoStar’s copyright infringement lawsuit from its site this week. A Zillow spokesperson confirmed that the listing portal giant is only removing images that are of issue in the lawsuit and that it is notifying partners of the removals. Additionally, the spokesperson noted that actions like
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Baird & Warner Real Estate has launched an internal Image Services division to provide real estate marketing visuals in response to the abrupt closure of VHT Studios. The new unit will be led by Shannon Lange — former area sales and account manager for VHT Studios and Matterport — and a licensed real estate agent
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At first glance, the real estate portal landscape looks much like it did a year ago. The same power players, the same products, the same strategies — at least on the surface. “My initial snarky reply is that the space hasn’t changed,” Mike DelPrete, a real estate industry technology strategist, said. “If you look at
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There is no doubt that CoStar Group threw everything it had into the 2024 launch of the revamped Homes.com. From Super Bowl ads that were part of the firm’s $1 billion marketing spend, to a reallocation of nearly all of its sales staff, Homes.com debuted with a bang. And then things kind of fizzled. Now,
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