Case to have ‘serious ramifications for media’

A copyright case involving Fine Gael MEP and former GAA president Seán Kelly and a photographer will involve copyright issues with "potential, serious ramifications for the media", solicitor for the press photographer Michelle-Cooper Galvin said.

Ms Cooper-Galvin, of Nunstown, Aghadoe, Killarney, Co Kerry, alleges that Mr Kelly breached her copyright by using two of her photographs in his 2008 biography, Rule 42 and All That, published by Gill & MacMillan.

Ms Cooper-Galvin is seeking damages for infringement of copyright and orders pursuant to the enforcement of intellectual property rights as set down by European Communities (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) Regulations 2006.