6.20.2013

A photographer sues Buzzfeed for using his work

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According to the guardian, a photographer Kai Eiselein who took photos of soccer players filed a lawsuit against Buzzfeed, a popular aggregation website.  

Kai saw an article on Buzzfeed which was a collection of soccer players’ photos. Kai found out that one of the images was his photograph on his flickr, and the image was marked as ‘All Right Reserved”. Buzzfeed removed after Kai sent a notification.

Now he seeks $150,000 in damages for each of the 23 sites that used his picture after the initial post, plus a further $150,000 for "contributory infringement" by another site, luuux.com, the article added.

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