Photographer sues Apple for using photo without licence

Apple finds itself in a legal tangle, yet again. This time a Swiss photographer has alleged that Apple used her registered photograph in its latest Retina Display-based MacBook Pro ad campaign without obtaining a proper license. As reported by Patently Apple, the Cupertino-based company had obtained Sabine Liewald's copyright photograph, which she created and owns from her agent, Factory Downtown. At the time, Apple sought a high-resolution file of the photograph. Apple had stated that it would use the photograph for "comping" (or layout) purposes only. Click here for full story