The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) said Monday...
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) said Monday it’s joining a 15-plaintiff lawsuit against Google. The NPPA and the other plaintiffs claim Google Book Search violates “numerous” photographers’ and other visual artists’ copyrights. The plaintiffs said they're seeking monetary, injunctive…
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and declaratory relief in the lawsuit, which they filed in U.S. District Court in New York. Google’s actions “have caused, and unless restrained, will continue to cause irreparable injuries” through continued copyright infringement, “diminution” of the value of the plaintiffs’ infringed visual works, lost profits and “damage to their goodwill and reputation,” the plaintiffs said in their complaint. It is the NPPA’s “responsibility to protect that principle of ownership, and not allow companies like Google to infringe upon our rights uncontested,” NPPA President Mike Borland said in a statement (http://bit.ly/YpYep1). Google did not have an immediate comment.