THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER BLOG: Judgment Makes Strides for Freelance Photographers Online

Media giants Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Getty Images have been fierce protectors of their own copyrights, so it was noteworthy when this past November both agencies were found by a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to have willfully violated the Copyright Act by distributing photographs obtained via social media without owner Daniel Morel's permission.