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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Thea Felicity

Daily Mail Could Face Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit for Repeatedly Using Social Media Photos Without Paying Creators

The logo of Daily Mail – British tabloid newspaper, since 1896 (official masthead that has been in used since 1896 and also in 1958) (Credit: J. Avanzado / Wikimedia Commons)

The Daily Mail is facing a proposed class action lawsuit in the United States over allegations that it routinely used photographs taken from social media without obtaining permission or paying their creators.

Filed in New York, the complaint alleges that the publisher's practice of republishing images with credit only to platforms such as Instagram could expose it to more than £7.3 million ($10 million) in potential liability each year if the claims are upheld.

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