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A bull elk separates from the herd at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created in 1912 to protect habitat and provide sanctuary for one of the largest elk herds on Earth. The refuge borders Grand Teton National Park to the north. It is home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter, when elk come down from the surrounding high mountains for the hay and protection offered at the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Visitors in a horse-drawn wagon observe a stately bull elk at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created in 1912 to protect habitat and provide sanctuary for one of the largest elk herds on Earth. The refuge borders Grand Teton National Park to the north. It is home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter, when elk come down from the surrounding high mountains for the hay and protection offered at the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Elk nuzzle the snow in search of forage at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created in 1912 to protect habitat and provide sanctuary for one of the largest elk herds on Earth. The refuge borders Grand Teton National Park to the north. It is home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter, when elk come down from the surrounding high mountains for the hay and protection offered at the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Visitors observe from a horse-drawn wagon as elk nuzzle the snow in search of forage at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created in 1912 to protect habitat and provide sanctuary for one of the largest elk herds on Earth. The refuge borders Grand Teton National Park to the north. It is home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter, when elk come down from the surrounding high mountains for the hay and protection offered at the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Elk search for forage under the snow at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created in 1912 to protect habitat and provide sanctuary for one of the largest elk herds on Earth. The refuge borders Grand Teton National Park to the north. It is home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter, when elk come down from the surrounding high mountains for the hay and protection offered at the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A bull elk advances through the snow before a herd of his species at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's elk refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a valley on the edge of Grand Teton National Park
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A bull elk relaxes in the snow, though not far from his herd of hundreds, at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's elk refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a valley on the edge of Grand Teton National Park
A handsome bull elk takes a break from foraging at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, created in 1912 to protect habitat and provide sanctuary for one of the largest elk herds on Earth. The refuge borders Grand Teton National Park to the north. It is home to an average of 7,500 elk each winter, when elk come down from the surrounding high mountains for the hay and protection offered at the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:069).
Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within 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/)