Getty Images facts
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In 2016, 'Getty Images' sold some of the 100,000+ photos that had been donated, royalty-free, to the Library of Congress by the original photographer and Getty Images then demanded payment from the photographer, for using the photos she owned. She sued them (unsuccessfully) for over $1 billion.
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After learning that Getty Images had been selling unauthorized licenses of her work, Carol Highsmith donated her collection of thousands of photos from all fifty states, royalty-free, to the Library of Congress
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Getty Images has been claiming copyrights on the awkward penguin on behalf of National Geographic targeting smaller bloggers and individuals while trying to keep it a secret.
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Getty Images was founded by the grandson of Oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty, and his brother was John Paul Getty III who was infamously kidnapped in 1973.
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Getty Images owns the rights to "Socially Awkward Penguin" and has requested 785.40 Euros from a German blog just for using the meme
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Getty Images has repeatedly been caught selling the rights for photographs it doesn't own, including public domain images. In one incident they demanded money from a famous photographer for the use of one of her own pictures.
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Stock image company Getty Images was founded by Mark Getty, grandson of John Paul Getty, who is played by Christopher Plummer in the "All the Money in the World."
