A Freelance Photographer vs The New York Times

And if you thought only digital works were most likely to have their copyright infringed, here’s a shocker for you. In a high-profile case of a freelance photographer calling out on NYTimes’ dubious claims to ownership of a politically and historically valued photograph, George Zimbel is forced wrangle his work back from the publication. The detailed correspondence on the matter has been well-documented on this page, where George publishes the email exchange between himself and the legal advisers who discussed the case on behalf of NYT. Many of us would also recognise this image of the Kennedy’s; this is a timely reminder to all freelancers to lay claim to ownership of your intellectual property early on in the game – it gets harder to claw it back over time!