Sunday, 24 November 2013

AFP and Getty to pay $1.2 million for using Twitter photos without permission

AFP and Getty to pay $1.2 million for using Twitter photos without permission
Nov 23rd 2013, 18:06, by Andrew Webster

At the beginning of this year a US district judge ruled that several news organizations were liable for infringing on the copyrights of photographer Daniel Morel, after they used images posted on Twitter without permission — now they've been ordered to pay. Both the Agence France-Presse and Getty Images will have to pay Morel a total of $1.2 million for their part in the situation.

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