2024-05-04T14:27:19-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150015488/zillow-backs-off-mcmansion-hell Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-06-30T12:46:00-04:00 >2017-06-30T17:14:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yt/yt4363aigsqpawpq.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149963575/dissecting-mcmansion-ugliness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McMansion Hell</a>, which besides satire, also regularly features educational posts on the history and significance of vernacular architecture in the US, was <a href="http://archinect.com/forum/thread/150014701/mcmansion-hell-is-being-sued-by-zillow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">threatened with a lawsuit</a> this week for using photos obtained from <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/544814/zillow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zillow</a> for parody.</p> <figure><p><a href="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/8a/8a6zvmpns6uz2wsy.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/8a/8a6zvmpns6uz2wsy.jpg"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy of McMansionHell.com</figcaption></figure><p>After <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/06/mcmansion-hell-responds-zillows-unfounded-legal-claims" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>, representing Wagner against Zillow, released its letter asserting that the company "cannot leverage its agreements with third parties to assert some kind of 'super copyright' that overrides fair use" Zillow announced that they will not pursue legal action against Wagner. The blogger agreed to stop using photos sourced from the website but will not delete any of the already posted images, as originally requested.&nbsp;</p>