$12 million lawsuit -- when digital consent management goes wrong

A  $12 million lawsuit against video game developer, Capcom  was launched by US photographer, Judy Juracek earlier this year for allegedly using  80 of her images without her consent. Last year, another US photographer, Mathilde Gattoni’s $2.25 million lawsuit against Microsoft claimed that it used 15 of her images for an MSN article without a license or her permission. Lawsuits for copyright infringement against corporations are showing no signs of abating. It's not only photographers asserting their intellectual property rights, it’s amateur photographers who have taken photographs that have been lifted such as the case of storm chaser Sean Heavey, who… [Continue Reading]