If you look up the case that Alex linked to it turns out that the company he's suing were used hand illustrated paintings [1] that seemingly traced Alex's original photo.
That's still fairly sketchy, but hardly the case of blatant republishing of photos that he's alluding to. I can actually see them arguing fair use.
That's still fairly sketchy, but hardly the case of blatant republishing of photos that he's alluding to. I can actually see them arguing fair use.
[1] http://cdn.orkin.com/images/ants/red-imported-fire-ant-illus...