Major daily Manila Bulletin is being sued for Php 1.2 million by photographer Anton Shekker for allegedly using and printing a couple of his photos without his permission.

The photos, supposedly taken from Shekker's blog, were shown on the March 21, 2007 Travel and Tourism section of the 108-year-old newspaper.

Shekker earlier aired his sentiments through a blog entry, creating a ripple effect amongst bloggers as they echoed the case on their websites.

sources: Yugatech, Photo.net Yahoo News
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This is one very interesting case. Numerous cases regarding mainstream media using nicked photos from blogs surfaced last year. Future Comm 120 (Mass Media Law) students are lucky since they will be surely tackling this once the verdict is set.