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August 7, 2018 09:30 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/zjpY0dAsiwc/online-photos-cant-simply-be-republished-eu-court-rules
Online Photos Can't Simply Be Republished, EU Court Rules
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that internet users must ask for a photographer's permission before posting their images online, even if the photos were already freely accessible on other websites. "The posting on a website of a photograph that was freely accessible on another website with the consent of the author requires a new authorization by that author," the EU's top court said in a statement. Politico reports: The court had been asked to decide on a case in Germany, in which a secondary school student downloaded and used a photo that had been freely accessible on a travel website for a school project. The photo was later posted on the school's website as well. The photographer who took the picture argued the school's use of his photo was a copyright infringement because he only gave the travel site permission to use it, and claimed damages amounting to 400 euros (~$463). The ECJ ruled in the photographer's favor, saying that under the EU's Copyright Directive, the school should have gotten his approval before publishing the photo.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/zjpY0dAsiwc/online-photos-cant-simply-be-republished-eu-court-rules
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