CBC loses court battle to photo-journalist over 9/11 documentary

Archie's Creek Thu, 07/12/2012 - 5:25pm

But woman awarded only a fraction of damages claimed
By Don Butler, The Ottawa Citizen July 11, 2012

The immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack. The CBC has been ordered to pay an American photojournalist more than $19,000 for using her pictures of the terrorist attack without authorization.

The immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack. The CBC has been ordered to pay an American photojournalist more than $19,000 for using her pictures of the terrorist attack without authorization.

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the CBC to pay an American photo-journalist more than $19,000 for using five of her pictures of the terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Center in a documentary without authorization.

But the award to Catherine Leuthold, which follows a seven-year legal battle, represents only a tiny fraction of her whopping $21.5 million copyright infringement claim Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/loses+court+battle+photo+journalist+over+documentary/6918931/story.html#ixzz20RvWqbQ0