Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've had many of my photos show up on people web sites, sometimes with a credit, sometimes without. In almost all cases, it was caused by simple naiveté on the part of the copier, and no ill will was at the bottom of it. I usually considered it a compliment, and in almost all cases they rectified the situation when I contacted them. This guy in Turkey is the exception. He's like the guy who not only downloaded a track by the Rolling Stones from Kazaa, added a few extra tracks with Wavelab, burned it onto a CD and then advertised it for sale as if it were his own creation, but when confronted with the obvious truth, has the audacity to complain! It was this guys REACTION which bugged me the most. As if he was the wronged individual! (Not that I am comparing the quality of my photographs to the Rolling Stones; just making a point!). I think I will take Ted'd suggestion of contacting the Turkish Consulate here in Montreal, and take it from there. I've made up a small website with a table of his images versus mine. I'd rather not post it here, but if anyone is interested, email me privately and I can give you the URL. But please keep it private. Thanks for all the ideas, dan c. At 06:41 PM 28-04-03 -0700, Adam Bridge wrote: >On 4/28/03 Ted Grant wrote: > >> >>Screw it! The sooner amateurs and many professionals realize having a >>picture ripped off on the internet is a crime, no different than robbing a >>bank, the sooner many of us will receive reasonable compensation for our >>efforts. >> > >But that's the problem, of course. There is a strong belief today that >"intellectual property" is without merit. If I see it and I want it, I can have >it, the thinking goes. > >This is especially true for music as Napster proved and there is a culture, a >growing culture, amongst the young that says its just fine to take someone's >music, photography, video and use it as you will. Simply because they WANT it >and don't want to pay for it. > >I find this infuriating beyond words. > >It's the reason I don't provide links into any of the images I post and I urge >people not to point from their own sites to anyone else's site because once it's >found by Google it's there for everyone. > >I'm not sure if the Apple slideshows are relatively secure since they use >javascripts to help protect the images from downloading - although you can >always make screen shots. > >If you can see it, though, you can steal it. > >Adam Bridge > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html