Jury Awards Daniel Morel Full Extent of Law; Finds AFP, Getty Willful in Copyright Violation

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In a decision this afternoon, the jury on the Daniel Morel vs. Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Getty Images trial awarded the defendant, Daniel Morel, the maximum statutory damages entitled by the law–in the amount of $1.2 million—finding that the corporat

via Rangefinder: http://blog.wppionline.com/2013/11/jury-awards-daniel-morel-full-extent-of-law-finds-afp-getty-willful-in-copyright-violation/

And the defense? “There was stone silence from the defense. [They were] dumbfounded—looked like a bomb went off!”