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Beeb borrows copyrighted Flickr image

TV news surprise for Brum snapper

Wed 11 Feb 2009 // 12:30 UTC

A Brum snapper is a little annoyed with the BBC after it apparently borrowed a copyrighted snap from Flickr showing Birmingham's crepuscular skyline and used it as a "live" news backdrop.

Here's Mike Bailey's original picture...

...and here's how it later made its TV debut:

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