By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 30 – Photographer George Steinmetz sued Shutterstock, Inc. for allegedly putting his photograph on sale without his consent.
On January 28, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
The photo at issue is an aerial view of a cloudy forest. Shutterstock claimed they took it down when they got the DMCA demand.
But the plaintiff says Shutterstock keeps such photos on its servers and later puts them back up for sale.
Judge Hellerstein said discovery is due by July 27 with a case management conference set for August 12.
The case is George Steinmetz v. Shutterstock, Inc., et al., 21-cv-7100 (Hellerstein)
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