In his complaint, Stross stated that he “applied copyright management information to the works consisting of a copyright symbol, and his name, Alexander Stross, written in faint white writing at the bottom right corner of the images”. Airbnb allegedly removed Stross’s copyright management information from the works. He further alleges Airbnb of making further copies and distributing the work on the internet to promote the sale of goods and services as part of its home rental and vacation platform. The works were also distributed to SFG Media Group that claimed it obtained them by emailing Airbnb’s press email. DKC purportedly provided the works to the media company. Stross first notified Airbnb of its alleged infringement in April 2019.