Gannett hit with copyright infringement suit

Posted Monday, December 19, 2022 9:59 am

Will Astor | Rochester Beacon

Seeking as much as $34 million in damages, a Missouri photographer has filed a copyright infringement suit against Gannett Media Corp. and more than 220 Gannett news outlets including the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and Canandaigua’s Daily Messenger.

In a lawsuit filed Friday (Dec. 9) in the federal Western District of Missouri, Stephanie Campbell claims the Gannett papers published a photo she took of former National Football League coach Katie Sowers without seeking Campbell’s permission to reproduce the image.

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