Fotografen Carol Highsmith stämmer Getty Images på en miljard dollar

Absurt.

Forts.

On July 25, photographer Carol M. Highsmith filed a lawsuit against Getty Images seeking $1 billion in damages over the company’s alleged infringement of her photo copyrights. The lawsuit names both Getty Images and distributor Alamy, claiming both have been charging licensing fees for the use of photos she provided to the Library of Congress for public use. The suit also names LCS, which it claims is owned by or operated under common control with Getty. In a response to the lawsuit, Getty said, 'We believe it is based on a number of misconceptions.'

In its statement, Getty Images distances itself from the copyright infringement claim, stating that LCS was acting on behalf of Alamy.

The content in question has been part of the public domain for many years. It is standard practice for image libraries to distribute and provide access to public domain content, and it is important to note that distributing and providing access to public domain content is different to asserting copyright ownership of it.

LCS works on behalf of content creators and distributors to protect them against the unauthorized use of their work. In this instance, LCS pursued an infringement on behalf of its customer, Alamy. Any enquiries regarding that matter should be directed to Alamy; however, as soon as the plaintiff contacted LCS, LCS acted swiftly to cease its pursuit with respect to the image provided by Alamy and notified Alamy it would not pursue this content.

The company also said that, assuming it can't 'rectify' the situation with Highsmith, 'we will defend ourselves vigorously.'

Forts 2.

Getty Images has been sued again, this time by independent press agency Zuma Press over the alleged copyright infringement of 47,048 of its sports images. According to the lawsuit, Getty Images copied the aforementioned photos in April 2016 and made them available on its own website for both selling and licensing purposes without permission. The legal claim further states that Getty ‘altered/removed Zuma’s credit and replaced it with its own credit.'

The lawsuit, which was filed August 1 in the US District Court of the Southern District of New York, claims that, 'Getty has been carelessly and recklessly acquiring content, not doing due diligence and not taking adequate measures to prevent infringement as well as falsifying/removing proper copyright management information… Getty has shown that it cannot and will not reform on its own accord.'

The lawsuit is seeking damages plus profits or, alternatively, statutory damages that can range from $2,500 to $25,000 per infringed photograph.

This is the second copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Getty Images in recent days. On July 25, photographer Carol M. Highsmith filed a suit against Getty for $1 billion over its alleged infringement of her photographers. In response, Getty said the lawsuit was based on 'misconceptions.'

Getty har uppenbarligen problem i företagets absoluta topp - oavsett vad man tycker att ett vettigt utslag från domstol ska vara så är det mycket skumt att Getty inte har bättre koll på materialet dom kränger och juridiken kring detta material - att dom lämnar luckor för stämningar - som har grund eller kan ha grund - på detta sätt ÄR en indikation på att företaget inte fungerar.
Jag blir inte förvånad om några toppar inom kort sparkas...eller "säger upp dig eller lämnar företaget för andra projekt" som det heter. Det betyder inte att ägarna tycker att stämningarna är sunda, utan att ansvariga på Getty inte har koll på grejerna så att sådana här stämningar inte uppkommer....eller OM dom uppkommer så ska företaget ha ett starkt kort att vifta med. Som det är nu så ligger dom helt klart risigt till...så bedömer jag det...just nu.