Homes.com parent CoStar sued Zillow in July over what it described as “systematic infringement” of copyrighted images. Zillow has yet to formally respond, but has started taking the images down.
Source: Inman News
Zillow is taking down images at the center of CoStar’s copyright lawsuit
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