The Paris High Court ruled that by offering for sale access to these images, the company responsible for the FirstView web site was in breach of copyright. A US company called ViewFinder operated the site and is therefore liable for the breach.
However, ViewFinder has failed to respond to the court ruling and has failed to pay the damages of FF 500,000 (around £46,000) and interest awarded by the court to each of the seven parties bringing the action. If ViewFinder continues to ignore the court order, an action may have to be brought to enforce it through the US courts.