from PetaPixel by MICHAEL ZHANG
In July of 2018, a Virginia federal court sparked an uproar among photographers by ruling that finding a photo on the Internet and using it without permission on a commercial website can be fair use. Good news: an appeals court reversed the decision today in a big win for photographers (and other creatives).
The copyright battle started when photographer Russell Brammer found a cropped version of a photo he had captured in Washington, D.C. used on the website of the Northern Virginia Film Festival on a page of “things to do” in the D.C. area.
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