US Court Slams Esquire's Claim of Fair Use vs a Photographer

All forms of photography, whether taken for work or for personal use, are now at risk of being stolen or used without permission -- even by established publications. Global publisher Hearst recently learned the consequences of that when they published on Esquire's website the iPhone snap of Jonathan Otto, showing President Donald Trump crashing a wedding on June 11, 2017. The court decision dropped by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on December 10 ruled against the ...