[Wikimediaindia-l] NDTV stealing photographs off the internet.

[Gautam John]

On 23 December 2011 22:09, Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com> wrote:

> In this case, the aircraft had crashed and it was no longer possible to get
> such a photograph, but can a newspaper otherwise just pick up any photo off
> the internet and use it under fair use clause just to avoid paying licensing
> fees of the photograph?

I have not looked at precedent around this but I'd think it's a fairly
narrow exception.

Thank you.

Best,

Gautam
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