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"Update: We have received confirmation from Gil Asakawa that Andy Duann has full rights to the image.Andy Duann, a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, took a picture for the CU Independent of a tranquilized bear falling out of a tree. The photo was distributed by the school paper without Duann's permission, and he is considering taking legal action against the paper.\nThe photo, which was placed on the Associated Press wire and was purchased by several news organizations, has since gone viral. Paul Colford, an Associated Press spokesman, told Poynter that the CU Independent made the photos available to the AP. \nBut over the weekend, the AP issued a \u201Cphoto elimination\u201D for Andy Duann\u2019s shot. That's an official call for organizations who used the photo to remove it. \n\u201CA copyright dispute has arisen between the photographer and the publication that made the photos available to the Associated Press,\u201D the notice read. All four photos of Duann's that AP had been distributing were pulled.\nIn a conversation with Matthew Keys of Reuters, Duann stated that the Independent has acknowledged he has the copyright to the photo. \nIf true, that would be a change for the paper. Gil Asakawa, who advises the Independent, has maintained that the paper owns the copyright to the photo as recently as this afternoon. Asakawa did not reply to a request for comment.\nDuann told Keys he was thankful for the exposure, but he that he \"just want them to respect me and give me the copyright.\"\nHow should photographers be compensated when their pictures go viral? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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