Judge rules AFP and WaPo Infringed Photographers Copyright By Pulling Images From Twitter

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Judge rules AFP and WaPo Infringed Photographers Copyright By Pulling Images From Twitter – A Photo Editor

Late on Monday a Manhattan judge ruled in the Daniel Morel case against AFP and the Washington Post that both news organizations infringed his copyright by republishing images that he posted to Twitter during the Haiti earthquake 2 years ago (download the

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2013/01/17/judge-rules-afp-and-wapo-infringed-photographers-copyright-by-pulling-images-from-twitter/

It’s still the wild west out there and it’s not going to be pretty, but photographers who experiment and defend their copyright should be applauded.