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Photographs of the Chet Holifield Federal Building in Laguna Niguel, California

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Images show exterior and interior views of federal building in Laguna Niguel, California.

Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-assigned number. The corresponding digital id numbers used for reproduction requests range from LC-DIG-pplot-13819-01700 to -01708.

LOT title devised by Library staff.

Viewable copies are derivatives of original digital files.

Item captions supplied by photographer.

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration.

Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2006; (DLC/PP-2002:038-3).

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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Date

01/01/2006
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Contributors

Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, donor
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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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Location

Laguna Niguel (Calif.) ,  33.52250, -117.70750
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on publication.

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