Infringer who originally offered £150 forced to pay £20,000 in settlement

A music and entertainment company who offered £150 for their unlicenced and unlawful use of an exclusive image of pop stars cavorting on a sofa has agreed to pay photographer Jason Sheldon £20,000 following a Patents Court decision in May. Read More (from Editorial Photographers UK & Ireland)

This is great to see a proper settlement and will hopefully set a precedent in the UK and follow into the EU when it comes to companies using unlicensed photographs. Jason was "lucky" the offenders even made him an "offer" to begin with, in my experience and dozens more I've read contact is just ignored, but well done to him for taking it all the way. 

Jason's website - Junction10 Photography