News agencies secure 50,000 Euro payout over image theft in bid to tame 'Wild West' of online copyright theft | Press Gazette

A group of news agencies has settled out-of-court with a Croatian website for more than 50,000 Euros after it lifted their pictures and re-used them online without credit.

The ten independent agencies, all members of the National Association of Press Agencies (NAPA), sued www.tportal.hr after finding photographs had been lifted directly, mostly from Mail Online, with no attempt having been made to obtain a licence or pay for usage.

The usage was spotted by a NAPA member news agency which invoiced and sent numerous reminders for the usage but was constantly ignored. Source: News agencies secure 50,000 Euro payout over image theft in bid to tame 'Wild West' of online copyright theft | Press Gazette