The ruling actually seems very reasonable. Someone took a photo and posted it on his social media account. The platform license on those accounts presumably allows others to share as fair use
Some for profit media companies then used the photo in their content without licensing hiding behind a technicality of it being served from a third party server and got stomped by the court.
Presumably if the story was an artistic criticism of the photo or described the photo, they would have been safe under fair use.
Some for profit media companies then used the photo in their content without licensing hiding behind a technicality of it being served from a third party server and got stomped by the court.
Presumably if the story was an artistic criticism of the photo or described the photo, they would have been safe under fair use.