If you think stealing a photo uploaded on Twitter can’t land you in court, a case decided by a US court in January may change your view. The case pitted Agence France-Presse (AFP) against Daniel Morel, a photojournalist who had shared photographs on the social media platform.
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Facts of the case
Morel, a resident of Haiti, was a photojournalist with over 25 years experience, who was working in Port-au-Prince when a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010.
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