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Muscle Beach, on the Venice Boardwalk, hosted more than the usual beef Wednesday. July 4 brings in the annual Independence Day Mr. and Mrs. Muscle Beach contest, and amateurs and pros alike were out in force

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Venice is known for its canals, beaches and circus-like Ocean Front Walk.

Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Gift; The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation in memory of Jon B. Lovelace; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:063).

Forms part of: Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project 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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01/01/2012
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Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
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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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Los Angeles, California, United States ,  34.05223, -118.24368
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label_outline Explore Amateurs, Venice Beach, Contest

The Mikado (69 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Circus: unidentified tightrope-walking character

Circus (254 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Aerial view of Venice Beach, California

Wall art in Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California

The "Big Top" Show Goes On: production materials, 2011-2012

Trente jours de plaisirs. 1000 fr. de plaisirs pour 15 fr. Pour 50 centimes par jour, on pourra, pendant un mois, aller chaque jour a des théatres, bals, concerts, cirques, arènes, etc. / Mainster.

Circus (254 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

SOCIETY CIRCUS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Pinocchio (133 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1939

Group of children acting in the Majestic Theatre on Amateur Night. The children are (alleged) amateurs, the older ones are mostly amateurs, with a few professionals. (for further details see report of L.W. Hine, April 1912). Following are names of youngest: Little Audrey Shrier (8 yrs. old), Arthur Goldbert (4 yrs. old), Frank Goldberg (6 yrs. old), Jeannette Goldberg (10 yrs.old), 463 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington D.C., Marion Skinner (4yrs. old), Gertrude Skinner (12 yrs. old), 910 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E., Washington D.C. Ann Suter (7 yrs.), 27 H St., N.W. Grace George (9 yrs. old), 425--7th, S.W. Rose Friedberg (12 yrs. old), 129 Heckman St., S? W. Devid Zeregen (13 years old), 1215 E St., N.W. Portland Ratcliffe, (15 yrs. old), 66 I St., N.W. Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia

The "Big Top" Show Goes On: production materials, 2011-2012

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