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[Interior detail. Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Interior detail. Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Detail above elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Elevator in lobby of 2nd Street entrance. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Elevator lobby on west side (2nd street side) of fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Interior detail. Moulding in area between west elevator lobby and main entrance to center reading room on fifth floor. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Elevator door detail, ground floor lobby. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Interior detail. Moulding in fifth floor elevator lobby. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Staircase detail. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
[Interior detail above elevator in lobby on west side of building (2nd Street side). Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]
Summary
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in 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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