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Steven Hughes March 24, 2018 - Photography News

Photographer Sues Pest Control Company for a Cool 2.7 Million by @petapixel #copyright #brands #photography

Insect Photographer Sues Pest Control Company for $2.7 Million

A well-known insect photographer has filed a $2.7 million copyright infringement lawsuit against a pest-control company. He accuses the businesses of using his photos without permission on its website. Alex Wild is the curator of entomology at the University of Texas-Austin, and his photos have been featured

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Steven Hughes February 26, 2018 - Photography News

500px sold to VCG of Beijing, China #500px #China #photography

500px Acquired by VCG, the Getty Images of China

500px has been acquired by Visual China Group (VCG), the Beijing, China-based photo and media agency that's known as "the Getty Images of China." VCG annou

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X700 February 27, 2018

I deleted 4 years worth of images from 500px before they end up on the black market in China - I already saw one being used for a medicinal herb website in China - good luck to go after them as they may have their own idea what copyright means.
Steven Hughes February 26, 2018

Seeing a lot of unhappy comments out there
X700 February 26, 2018

Somehow not too happy about it - 500px was a great platform, but they screwed it up a lot lately