In Copyright Infringement Case, A Defendant Ends Up Owning Disputed Photo

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In Copyright Infringement Case, A Defendant Ends Up Owning Disputed Photo | PDNPulse

Former football star Desmond Howard, the subject of a well-known photograph and a defendant in a copyright claim over the use of that same image, will end up owning the copyright to the image as part of a settlement with the photographer who shot it. That

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“This allows him to use his favorite photo of himself and make money on it,” Masck told PDN. “And I do better because this agreement gets me access to all of his sales–anywhere he wants to use this photo is probably a sale I never would have.”