Courts Limiting Use Of Copyrighted Photos For News Media

By Tal Dickstein and Sarah Levitan (January 28, 2019, 2:36 PM EST) -- Charges of "fake news" are not the only thing buffeting the news business of late. As news outlets increasingly use images and videos in their reporting to engage subscribers, particularly on social media, they have become frequent targets of copyright infringement lawsuits. Armed with software that can automatically detect the use of their content on even the most obscure website, rights owners and licensing agents have brought an increasing number of copyright infringement claims challenging unlicensed uses of their works....

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