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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:Sweet sweet copyright justice by iluvcapra · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Information wants to be free for me, but not for thee.

    Was AFP wrong to take the images because it violated the profoundly-honored institution of copyright, which everyone on Slashdot naturally adores (heh), or because they're a rich corporations, and rich corporations are always wrong compared to "working men"?

    I eagerly awate assemblerex's demand for Voltage Pictures to be compensated millions of dollars for the bittorrented distribution of The Hurt Locker. I bring this up as someone who was employed on that film, and note that that money pays my salary on the next film...

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    Don't blame me, I voted for Baltar.
  2. Re:Sweet sweet copyright justice by Okian+Warrior · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I eagerly awate assemblerex's demand for Voltage Pictures to be compensated millions of dollars for the bittorrented distribution of The Hurt Locker. I bring this up as someone who was employed on that film, and note that that money pays my salary on the next film...

    You seem to be implying that we have a double standard in judging the moral position of copyright litigants.

    Let me ask you something: do the "Voltage Pictures" standard contracts in any way, shape, or form conform to the common definition of Hollywood Accounting?

    It's not that we always side with "the little guy" - we frequently side against small vendors making money off of illegal copying, such as Chinese illegal DVD vendors or businesses who sell open-source software.

    The rule is this: we generally side against evil, in all its predatory, corrupt, and dishonourable ways.

    What's your take on the "Voltage Pictures" contracts, BTW? I think people here would enjoy your views.