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Post office owes 3.5M for using the wrong Statue of Liberty -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jul 6 '18, 12:03

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What I don't get after reading is why he is entitled to compensation when they licensed the photo from Getty (arstechnica.com)

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The whole controversy was known the day the stamp came out. Some people know the statue as much as they know their own mother's face -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 6, 13:39
I can't believe they'd go and buy a commercially available image rather than commission their own artwork. -- nm - Meg Jul 6, 12:26 1
- I'm sure then someone would give them shit about paying for photographers when they can just license photos :) -- nm - oblique Jul 6, 12:27
I'd like to know this as well. I'm researching now. It doesn't make sense. -- nm - Mop Jul 6, 12:14 2
- Here we go. The comments section on Gizmodo discuss this extensively. - Mop Jul 6, 12:16
- The comments seem to suggest that the photographer was in the wrong because he took a picture of someone's art (statue) for sale. Getty was wrong to - oblique Jul 6, 12:15
Think about the logic of it. "Oh, if I use a picture of the thing you made for commercial purposes, I have to pay you real money?" - Roger More Jul 6, 12:13 3
- The issue for me was they licensed it from Getty - oblique Jul 6, 12:16 2
  - They bought a licence, but they didn't do their due diligence of what the licence allowed them to do. -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 12:19 1
    - (I mean, they didn't even realise that the photo was not of the *real* Statue of Liberty) -- nm - Roger More Jul 6, 12:20

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