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Image Lifted From Twitter Leads to $1.2M Payout For Haitian Photog

Posted by timothy on from the always-look-for-the-cc-label dept.

magic maverick writes "A U.S. federal jury has ordered Agence France-Presse and Getty Images to pay $1.2 million to a Daniel Morel, Haitian photographer, for their unauthorized use of photographs, from the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The images, posted to Twitter, were taken by an editor at AFP and then provided to Getty. A number of other organizations had already settled out of court with the photographer."

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  1. Re:Photog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're a douche. Just so you don't have to look it up, that's short for douchebag, and I'm implying that you're only useful for cleaning vaginas.

  2. Re:Bridgeman v. Corel; damage by 0123456 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In what way does a camera on a tripod pointed at an exhibit taking a long exposure with the museum's existing light damage the exhibit?

    The camera steals its soul.