Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for this info. My friend Ed Freeman says his stuff gets stolen and he has a lawyer drop the thieves a line. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: [Leica] GOOGLE PHOTO USE???????????????? SUE THEM? Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 3:26 pm Ted, Google does not actually have your photo. What happened is the kid used Google's Image Search function, which searches the web for photos in the same way that their normal search function searches the web for text. Google does not actually have the photo, they simply directed the student to a website where someone else uploaded it. Google Image Search is good for photographers in two ways: #1 It allows people to search for images by keywords based on subject or photographer or location, etc. I sell most of my images because someone needed a photo of a certain thing or place used Google to search for images. Google presents the user with a page full of thumbnails of images that meet the search criteria and mine happened to be the one they liked best, so they email for a price. #2 is allows us to find our photos online when someone has used them without authorization. You can then contact the site owner and demand payment, or the removal of the image, etc. There is a firefox plugin called "Who Stole My Photo" that you can use to search the web using google image search to find your photos on other people's sites. Its free and very useful. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 11/29/12 6:18 PM, "tedgrant at shaw.ca" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >Hi Crew, >OK here's one for you, certainly any of the legal beagles out there? :-( > >I was shown my photo of Prime Minister Trudeau sliding down the staircase >railing at a high school today by a student who asked me to autograph it. >"Where did you get this print?" I asked? And he responded... "oh you can >get >it off GOOGLE in many sizes!" oops and thank you very much! > >So Google have one of my pictures in their "Photo collection" without >permission, they charge for prints! Do not have any rights to the photo >let >alone selling prints! As the Gallery representing sales of my photography >have and look after all interest in this photo as described: "The most >ICONIC political photograph in the history of Canada." > >Is there a wild possibility we can sue them unless they remove the photo >off >their site and certainly stop the for sale. And at the moment I, we? >Have >never been asked about it's use and where they got an original photo? > >Suggestions.... GOOD, BAD OR UGLY. I thought I could sue for a million >and >get a MONOCHROME! :-) > >thank you all for your insight and suggestions. > >cheers, >Dr. ted. > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information