An article in the Press Gazette, dated 13th October 2023 (https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/croydon-bus-stop-arrest-video/) confirms that multiple News publications have paid out thousands after being billed retrospectively for unauthorised usage of a video taken from social media of a woman being arrested over bus fare evasion in Croydon.
The incident from July first emerged on social media in August after being shared by Saskia Cole on Twitter. Benjaminās video showed a woman being detained by several police in front of her distraught infant son over a supposedly unpaid Ā£1.75 bus fare. Check the actual video and post from Saskia Cole below šš¼
Various news organisations used the video crediting Saskia Cole and Twitter, but apparently without checking if she owned the video. Press Gazette understands the video was shot by a man called Clement Benjamin who has been charging news organisations Ā£300 per photo and Ā£600 per video for each unauthorised use of the video. Benjamin, 53, told the Mirror that the woman was manhandled by police until they checked her Oyster card and found that she had in fact paid her bus fare. Press Gazette understands that Sky News, the Evening Standard, LBC, the i, Mail publisher Associated Newspapers and ITV News have all made payments to Benjamin.
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