Apple Will Now Pay Licensing Fee to #ShotOniPhone Contest Winners Following Backlash

Following the announcement of Apple's 2019 #ShotOniPhone photo contest, the tech giant announced it will pay the winning photographer after receiving mounds of backlash online. Photographers via Reddit accused the company of paying photographers in photo credit rather than monetary compensation for what would be exclusive commercial ownership of their pictures. Many more artists took to Twitter to critique Apple, CEO Tim Cook, their vast wealth and the overall industry practice of offering pro-b...