Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Photographer Gets DKNY To Pay $25K to the YMCA After Copyright Infringement


This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel




NYC-based street photographer Brandon Stanton’s work has attracted quite a few eyes since he launched his Humans of New York photo project in 2010. Among those eyes were marketing folk at the clothing company DKNY.

Stanton and DKNY had a copyright infringement scuffle yesterday that resulted in DKNY donating $25,000 to the YMCA.It all started a few months ago when DKNY approached Stanton to license 300 of his photos to decorate its stores around the world. They offered a one-time payment of $15,000, or $50 per photograph. Stanton believed the rate was too low for such a large company with a such a big budget, so he asked for more. DKNY said “no,” and that was that.

…or so Stanton thought.

Yesterday, Stanton received a photo from one of his fans showing a DKNY store in Bangkok, Thailand. The window display at the front of the store was covered with Stanton’s photographs, used with his knowledge, and without any compensation:


Instead of sending an angry letter and invoice to DKNY, Stanton turned to his Facebook page and his 500,000+ fans there. After detailing what had happened, he wrote,

I don’t want any money. But please SHARE this post if you think that …



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