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A path one does not want to fall off of through thermal springs at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

Scene from Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

Scene at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. (Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid)

Scene from Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

Outdoor pool at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

Indoor thermal pool at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

Outdoor pool at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

Scene at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. (Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid)

Indoor thermal pool at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

A path one does not want to fall off of through thermal springs at Hot Springs State Park, a state-owned, public-recreation area in Thermopolis, Wyoming, known for its hot springs, which flow at a constant temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Park employees see to it that the temperature in areas available to the public is quite a bit lower, but still a few notches above tepid

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Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:069).

Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

In 2015, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website. It demanded payment of $120. This was how Highsmith came to learn that stock photo agencies Getty and Alamy had been sending similar threat letters and charging fees to users of her images, which she had donated to the Library of Congress for use by the general public at no charge. In 2016, Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs. “The defendants [Getty Images] have apparently misappropriated Ms. Highsmith’s generous gift to the American people,” the complaint reads. “[They] are not only unlawfully charging licensing fees … but are falsely and fraudulently holding themselves out as the exclusive copyright owner.” According to the lawsuit, Getty and Alamy, on their websites, have been selling licenses for thousands of Highsmith’s photographs, many without her name attached to them and stamped with “false watermarks.” (more: http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/)

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Carol Highsmith, Library of Congress Collection

In 2016, Carol Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs.
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