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Getty sue for breach and win out-of-court settlement


alec_myers

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<p>Forgive me if I am wrong, but I haven't seen this posted on photo.net - </p>

<p><a href="http://www.out-law.com//default.aspx?page=10367">http://www.out-law.com//default.aspx?page=10367</a></p>

<p>Getty sued a small business in the UK for breach of copyright by (unwitting) use of a single Getty-licenced photograph on the business's website, and recovered nearly £2k in damages, plus (I read) £24k in costs.</p>

<p>Ouch.</p>

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<p>What percentage of this settlement did the law firm representing Getty (Pinsent Mason), get for their services, and then how much of the settlement did Getty keep and finally, how much did the photographer eventually get (if anything)? I don't mean to be cynical, but these are the realities of law suits. The discovery of the mis-appropriation of the photo was in 2007. It is now 2 years later. That's a long time for this thing to wind its way through the judicial system.</p>
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