Photographers Peeved Their Photos Were Quietly Used in Windows 10

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Photographers Peeved Their Photos Were Quietly Used in Windows 10

If you use Windows 10, you may have noticed that the lock screen features beautiful photos shot around the world. What you may not know, however, is that

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/28/photographers-peeved-pics-quietly-used-windows-10/

It seems that Microsoft decided to license the photos from various stock services (e.g. Stocksy, Corbis, 500px), paying anywhere from $20 to $172 to license the photos that The Journalist looked into.