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Locals painted a boulder to welcome Appalachian Trail hikers and other visitors to Baxter State Park in Maine. It lies at the foot of Mount Katahdin, which is the northern terminus of the great footpath that winds its way all the way to Georgia

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Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.

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Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).

Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

In 2015, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website. It demanded payment of $120. This was how Highsmith came to learn that stock photo agencies Getty and Alamy had been sending similar threat letters and charging fees to users of her images, which she had donated to the Library of Congress for use by the general public at no charge. In 2016, Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs. “The defendants [Getty Images] have apparently misappropriated Ms. Highsmith’s generous gift to the American people,” the complaint reads. “[They] are not only unlawfully charging licensing fees … but are falsely and fraudulently holding themselves out as the exclusive copyright owner.” According to the lawsuit, Getty and Alamy, on their websites, have been selling licenses for thousands of Highsmith’s photographs, many without her name attached to them and stamped with “false watermarks.” (more: http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/)

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maine millinocket baxter state park appalachian trail mount katahdin transparencies color locals boulder appalachian trail hikers appalachian trail hikers visitors baxter state park foot mount katahdin terminus footpath winds way georgia kodachrome film transparencies carol m highsmith photo carol m highsmith america united states history national parks library of congress
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01/01/1980
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Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
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Carol Highsmith, Library of Congress Collection

In 2016, Carol Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs.
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baxter state park
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label_outline Explore Mount Katahdin, Katahdin, Footpath

Bosnia interpreters and US Army soldiers hand out doughnuts and coffee to locals at a checkpoint near "Gator" Site, Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Blast. Operation Blast is a smaller part of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

C.P. [Central Park] Arch crossing Carriage Road over the footpath, Central Park, New York.

Two of Dutton ("Dut") Calleb's children watering the mule. Southern Appalachian Project near Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky

[Assignment: 48-DPA-07-26-07_SOI_K_OSM_30_Tree] Ceremonial planting of blight-resistant American chestnut tree, [outside the headquarters of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at Interior,] to mark OSM's 30th anniversary. [Among dignitaries participating in the event were Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, OSM Appalachian Region Director (soon to become OSM Director) Brent Wahlquist, National Mining Association President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig Naasz, and American Chestnut Foundatiion President Marshal Case.] [48-DPA-07-26-07_SOI_K_OSM_30_Tree_IOD_9994.JPG]

A black and white photo of a farm with mountains in the background, Tennessee. Farm Security Administration photograph

Many drainage ditches have been made and creeks cleaned out and land cleared on the creek bottom land of the farms of FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrowers. Southern Appalachian Project near Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky

Seven Mile Hole Trail - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Afghan National Army soldiers lead a convoy of coalition

Public domain stock image. Waterfall path

Public domain stock image. Tree green leaf.

Public domain stock image. Via krupp capri italy.

Tanganyika. En route to Longido. Two native women hikers, Tanzania

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