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Corridor. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado
Courtroom. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado
Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado
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Rear of building. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado
Front exterior. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado
Lamp detail. Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Grand Junction, Colorado
Summary
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration.
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In 2010, the Federal Building & US Courthouse received $15M in America Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modernize the entire building. Originally built in 1918 by James Wetmore with an addition in 1939.
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:141).
Forms part of: Photographs 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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