Photographer Sues Apple for Using 'Eye Closeup' Photo Without License
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Posted October 13, 2012 at 6:19pm by iClarified
Photographer Sabine Liewald of Switzerland has filed suit against Apple for using her 'Eye Closeup' photo in its Retina Display MacBook Pro campaign without a license, reports Patently Apple.
The high resolution photo was obtained from the plaintiff's agent, Factory Downtown, for layout purposes only. Apple was reportedly aware that it did not have the rights to use the photo.
The company allegedly informed Factory Downtown that it didn't intend to use the photo but then proceeded to "copy, publish, and exploit Plaintiff's photograph, including in its MacBook Pro advertising campaign, keynote addresses and related advertising materials without permission or compensation."
Liewald says she's entitled to actual damages including defendant's profits; statutory damages for the infringing use of the "Eye Closeup" photograph.
Exactly... She did nothing wrong. Apple stole from her now its time for the thieves to pay up...... Pay Up Apple....... I hope she becomes really famous like Picasso...lol
I know right, Apple sues everything and everyone whether its a minor thing, or something big, and once someone sues apple its bad. this is business, this way this photographer gets recognised as well, for example i didnt know who took this pic, for all i know apple made this pic, but now we all know that this is not so... so, good publicity for photographer, bad for apple and good money for photographer its a win win for Sabine.. and apple will not get poorer even if they pay out a million in compensation for her, im sure they have large provision for this sort of cases in the accounting budgets.
We may live in over litigious times, but this is not at all excessive or frivolous. Photographers don't make money when someone uses their work without paying for it.
I will now sue Sabine Liewald for having a close up of my eye without a license. I'm entitled to actual damages including defendant's profits; statutory damages for the infringing use of my eye closeup photograph. It is also plain creepy that she has a photograph of my eye in the first place. I demand $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, her unborn child and a restraining order against her.
Hey Apple does this every day, so if Apple infringes people can do it too. It's a two way street. Apple is always crying when people use their stuff without paying but yet Apple steals first and people have to chase Apple to pay up...... So here is another proof out of hundreds that Apple steal too....