CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — an institution built to celebrate the people who make the culture — finds itself on the other side of a copyright fight after using a photo by veteran rock photographer Neil Zlozower without licensing it.

Zlozower, whose images have defined the look of hard rock and metal for decades, sued the museum for copyright infringement.

But a federal judge in Cleveland sided with the Hall , ruling the display constituted fair use.

The outcome has raised eyebrows across the creative world — especially among photographers who say the case, if it stands, could weaken long-standing norms about compensating artists.

Intellectual property attorney-partner Daniel J. McMullen of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP told Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer

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