Photographer Carol Highsmith has made thousands of her photos available to anyone who wants to use them for free - in the "public domain" which means no one has a copyright on them. Getty is a large organization that sells stock photos. You need a neat picture of a secretary working for your newsletter, or of giant shuttlecock statues on the white house lawn? Getty has them available for you to buy for about $150-600. The problem is Carol got a letter for using the shuttlecock photo without paying. But it was HER photo. Getty was selling her free photos. So she's sued them for the 18,000 of her photos they've been selling. It's a tricky legal issue. On one hand, Getty is being a jerk by sending threatening letters for photos that aren't theirs. And Carol definitely will not pay. But others might. But can Getty sell them? Technically I think they can organize them and offer them for sale, because Carol doesn't own them anymore either, there's no copyright. People could go find the photo for free in the Library of Congress' Archive, but it's probably easier to just search Getty. The judge will decide. Story (which is copyrighted as most things are, so you have to cite your source!) is here. The beautiful short film recreates 35 of the most famous iconic photos. See if you recognize any of them! There were definitely some new ones to me. Interesting that they didn't just use the original photos, but they acted them out. The ad is to celebrate the 100th year of Leica (a photography company). More information, and a breakdown of all the photographs, is available here. |
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