The National Football League and The Associated Press must face copyright infringement claims by independent sports photographers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled.
The photographers said in their lawsuit that their contracts with the AP, which licensed the photos to the NFL, didn’t give the league permission to use their work for free, according to the Sept. 11 ruling.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in 2015 that the photographers’ contract with the AP was broad enough to allow the AP to give complimentary licenses to the NFL, and dismissed ...
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