Polk County pays $6.5K for using an unauthorized whale photo

Polk County Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously agreed to pay $6,500 to a photographer and his legal counsel for using a photo of a whale without permission.

State of play: The photo from Tokyo-based underwater photographer Tony Wu was used online to promote a program presented by one of Polk County Conservation’s naturalists Older, Wiser, Livelier, Seniors (OWLS) series, spokesperson Jessica Lown tells Axios…

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