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Lush farm field outside the town of Coupeville on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
Lush farm field outside the town of Coupeville on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
The Collections Boutique in the town of Coupeville on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
The tide is definitely out in the harbor of tiny Coupeville on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
A view of Possession Sound from the little town of Langley, on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
A pier and shed hide a tall ship on Penn Cove on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
Creative carved sign evocative of local wildlife near the little town of Langley, on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington. The island forms the northern boundary of Puget Sound
A cluster of greenhouses near the little town of Langley, on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
Historical (and promotional) mural on a building in the town of Oak Harbor on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
An imaginative metal-art "family" decorates a yard near Coupeville on Whidbey Island, the largest of the islands composing Island County, Washington, north of Seattle, Washington
Summary
The island forms the northern boundary of the larger and better-known Puget Sound.
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Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13)
Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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/)