Category: Billion Dollars

US District Court dismisses Carol Highsmith’s $1 billion copyright claim against Getty

John Aldred

Although some quite enjoyed the idea of seeing Getty get a good legal spanking for once, that is not how things are turning out. US District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff has dismissed all of Carol Highsmith’s federal copyright claims. After the dismissal on October 28th, he left three of Highsmith’s state law claims intact. Those, […]

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Getty responds to $1 Billion lawsuit: If you put your photos in public domain, don’t come whining to us

Udi Tirosh

OK, those are not the exact words of Getty, but this is what their response feels like. As you may recall we reported this 1 Billion dollars lawsuit back in July. If you want the background, Getty sent an infringement notice to one Carol M. Highsmith. Here is the funny thing. Carol M. Highsmith was the photographer who […]

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Getty responds to $1 Billion lawsuit: If you put your photos in public domain, don’t come whining to us

Udi Tirosh

OK, those are not the exact words of Getty, but this is what their response feels like. As you may recall we reported this 1 Billion dollars lawsuit back in July. If you want the background, Getty sent an infringement notice to one Carol M. Highsmith. Here is the funny thing. Carol M. Highsmith was the photographer who […]

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Getty asks photographer to pay for her own photo, photographer responds with $1 billion lawsuit

John Aldred

Getty can be pretty quick to send out infringement letters, as well they should. In the case of a real infringement, they absolutely must be protecting the rights of their contributors. But what happens when Getty screws up and sends an infringement notice to the creator of the photograph? What then happens if Getty also try […]

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Getty asks photographer to pay for her own photo, photographer responds with $1 billion lawsuit

John Aldred

Getty can be pretty quick to send out infringement letters, as well they should. In the case of a real infringement, they absolutely must be protecting the rights of their contributors. But what happens when Getty screws up and sends an infringement notice to the creator of the photograph? What then happens if Getty also try […]

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