Don't Use Twitter Photos Without Permission Or You Might Get Sued
Have you ever taken a screenshot of a photo you saw on Twitter and reposted it somewhere as part of a blog post?
Well, you better think twice before doing THAT again because a judge just ruled that two news agencies should’ve asked permission before using an image tweeted by a photojournalist.
Mashable reports that District Judge Alison Nathan ruled that “Agence France-Press violated the copyright of photojournalist Daniel Morel by taking photos of a 2010 earthquake in Haiti that he tweeted and disseminating them without permission via Getty. The
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