Korean Memorial Sculptor Underpaid for Stamp Image, Court Rules
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The U.S. Postal Service should pay more than $5,000 to the sculptor of marching soldiers at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington for an image captured on a 37-cent stamp, an appeals court ruled today.
Frank Gaylord, who designed the stainless-steel models known as The Column, had won a copyright-infringement case against the postal service for its use of the sculptures on a stamp issued in 2002 marking the 50th anniversary of the armistice. The service had paid $1,500 for rights to a photograph of the soldiers covered in snow.