Comments on: AFP v. Morel – Lawsuit Over Haiti Photos Taken From Twitter/Twitpic Goes to Trial https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2013/11/afp-v-morel-lawsuit-over-haiti-photos-taken-from-twittertwitpic-goes-to-trial.htm Tue, 05 Jun 2018 17:42:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: AFP & Getty’s Republication of Twitter/Twitpic-Sourced Photos Turns Out to Be Costly – AFP v. Morel | Technology & Marketing Law Blog https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2013/11/afp-v-morel-lawsuit-over-haiti-photos-taken-from-twittertwitpic-goes-to-trial.htm#comment-645 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 21:28:57 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=11131#comment-645 […] infringement case that we’ve covered repeatedly. (My most recent post with a pre-trial recap: AFP v. Morel – Lawsuit Over Haiti Photos Taken From Twitter/Twitpic Goes to Trial.) AFP and (through AFP) Getty thought they had a license to republish Daniel Morel’s photographs […]

]]> By: Jen https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2013/11/afp-v-morel-lawsuit-over-haiti-photos-taken-from-twittertwitpic-goes-to-trial.htm#comment-644 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 23:39:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=11131#comment-644 Jury just found for Morel and awarded him $1.2M in damages.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-media-copyright-twitter-idUSBRE9AL16F20131122

]]> By: Jury grants photographer $1.2M over Getty and AFP’s use of Twitter pics — Tech News and Analysis https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2013/11/afp-v-morel-lawsuit-over-haiti-photos-taken-from-twittertwitpic-goes-to-trial.htm#comment-643 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:21:45 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=11131#comment-643 […] a number of technical arguments about licensing and statutory damages; Venkat Balasubramani has a good rundown here on the Technology and Marketing Law […]

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