Getty Images Asks Judge to Throw Out $1 Billion Copyright Lawsuit

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Getty Images Asks Judge to Throw Out $1 Billion Copyright Lawsuit

Getty Images has filed their official response to Carol Highsmith’s highly-publicized $1 Billion copyright claim against the company. And the gist of the

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2016/09/12/getty-images-asks-judge-throw-1-billion-copyright-lawsuit/

“Public domain works are routinely commercialized,” writes Getty. “Publishers charge money for their copies of Dickens novels and Shakespeare plays, etc.” That, claims Getty, is what they’re doing with Highsmith’s work, and it’s totally legal.