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In Tippecanoe County, Indiana, near the city of Lafayette, the gateway to Tippecanoe Battlefield Park and the memorial to those who fought the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811 between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Indian warriors following Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother, Tenskwatawa, known as "The Prophet"

In Tippecanoe County, Indiana, near the city of Lafayette, the gateway to Tippecanoe Battlefield Park and the memorial to those who fought the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811 between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Indian warriors following Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother, Tenskwatawa, known as "The Prophet"

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Harrison, who would later be elected U.S. president, became known as "Old Tippecanoe," the name of a crude Indian village at the site of the battle, after leading his troops to victory in the engagement. The name "Tippecanoe" has nothing to do with canoes; it roughly translates from the indigenous language as "buffalo fish."
Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:103-1).
Forms part of 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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