{"id":38955,"date":"2024-02-06T16:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38955"},"modified":"2024-02-06T17:24:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T17:24:55","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-ip-from-the-global-doorstep-jury-awards-record-damages-in-ai-assisted-copyright-infringement-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38955","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage (IP) from the Global doorstep\u2019: Jury Awards Record Damages in AI-Assisted Copyright Infringement Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-38956\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AI-graphic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"140\" \/>A California jury has awarded a photographer reportedly the \u2018largest maximum statutory damages verdict for photography infringement in U.S. history,\u2019 according to the photographer\u2019s lawyer tied to an Intellectual Property (IP) case.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Aeonlaw writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.The jury awarded $150,000 in statutory damages for each of the 43 infringed images, for a total of $6.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>As Architectural Photography Almanac notes,<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2026. The penalty for a willful infringement of a timely-registered image ranges from $30,000 to $150,000 each. Clearly, the jury intended to send a very clear message with this verdict\u2026.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Although works of authorship (including photos) are automatically protected by copyright law\u2026 works must be registered\u2026.before the owner can sue&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The case is an important reminder..:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Copyright registration can convey significant financial benefits\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Companies are very unwise to use images or other content without a copyright license&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>AI technology is making it much harder\u2026 to \u2018get away with it.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aeonlaw.com\/jury-awards-record-damages-in-ai-assisted-copyright-infringement-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California jury has awarded a photographer reportedly the \u2018largest maximum statutory damages verdict for photography infringement in U.S. history,\u2019 according to the photographer\u2019s lawyer tied to an Intellectual Property (IP) case. image for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38990,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38955\/revisions\/38990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}