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| Subject: The good: OZschwitz photographer sues over stolen photo Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:25 am | |
| YOU could call it the quintessential Newcastle summer snapshot: a lone surfer walking across the rocks near Merewether beach in search of a wave.
In fact, it was such a good shot that the photographer, Gateshead's Naomi Frost, believes someone stole the image, printed it on thousands of T-shirts and sold them through menswear giant Lowes.
'Everybody knows that you need permission - you can't just take something off the internet and use it as your own. Naomi Frost
Ms Frost was surprised when a friend sent her a message late last year saying they had seen the T-shirt in a Lowes TV commercial.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/photographer-sues-over-stolen-photo-20130115-2cqh1.html#ixzz2I2D1PduF
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