By Larry NeumeisterAn accomplished photographer who lets the public use thousands of her images of America for free has sued the Getty Images photo agency for more than $US1 billion ($1.36 billion), saying it's improperly selling her work to customers and threatening those who don't pay. "While we appreciate the effort of removing the material in question from your site, we still need compensation," the letter said. It said it's standard practice for image libraries to distribute content that's in the public domain. "My understanding is that this is public domain material," he said. "U.S. copyright law only covers copyright-protected material, so I don't see that there would be a cause of action for copyright infringement for the use of public domain material."

Source: New Zealand Herald August 24, 2016 22:52 UTC