Survival Magazine posts a stolen & stripped copyrighted image on Facebook and calls the photographer a-hole when she simply requested a take down.
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Feb 19, 2014 06:50 | #1 Survival Magazine posts a stolen & stripped copyrighted image on Facebook and calls the photographer a-hole when she simply requested a take down.
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KirkS518 Goldmember  3,983 posts Likes: 24 Joined Apr 2012 Location: Central Gulf Coast, Flori-duh More info | Feb 19, 2014 08:37 | #2 Kathy Shea Mormino is the owner of the popular backyard chicken site The Chicken Chick and the photographer behind a photo that she recently found on Survival Magazine’s Facebook page and blog. Oh, and she’s also an attorney.
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cory1848 Goldmember  1,884 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Kissimmee, FL More info | Still amazes me that companies are so ignorant of creative rights. Hope to see this resolution as well. Gear List
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Feb 19, 2014 13:09 | #4 I totally missed that...assuming she isn't specializing in copyright in either case they're in a lot of trouble.
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bps Cream of the Crop 7,607 posts Likes: 406 Joined Mar 2007 Location: California More info | Feb 19, 2014 19:16 | #5 |
theflyingmoose Goldmember 1,640 posts Likes: 78 Joined Dec 2006 More info | Feb 19, 2014 19:50 | #6 Hahahaha. The stupidity of photo thieves amazes me. Just when I think I've seen it all.
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M_Six Cream of the Crop  More info | Feb 20, 2014 20:30 | #8 There's something sadly ironic about a survivalist group depending on Facebook or the internet in general to get their message out. Mark J.
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ShaneW Senior Member 839 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: Traverse City, Michigan More info | Feb 21, 2014 09:11 | #9 How is she going to "stick it to them"? She will get not a single dollar from them, Im sure. At some point she will send a letter as an attorney representing the photog (herself) and they will end up taking it down before anything is filed in court. As an attorney, she knows time is money and any time wasted on this case is loosing her own money knowing that the only outcome will be removal. Shane W
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gonzogolf dumb remark memorialized More info | Feb 21, 2014 09:20 | #10 Shane W wrote in post #16706306 How is she going to "stick it to them"? She will get not a single dollar from them, Im sure. At some point she will send a letter as an attorney representing the photog (herself) and they will end up taking it down before anything is filed in court. As an attorney, she knows time is money and any time wasted on this case is loosing her own money knowing that the only outcome will be removal. If you don't want to see your work on others sites, blogs, Facebook pages and everything else on the internet, don't post them. Any good attorney will tell you that. Given the proof she has that they stripped her watermark they would be liable for statutory damages. She actually has a good case here if she decided to push it with a competent attorney. I would love to be the attorney who gets to use that email against them in court. Not that it would ever get to court.
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Feb 21, 2014 09:36 | #11 Shane W wrote in post #16706306 At some point she will send a letter as an attorney representing the photog (herself) and they will end up taking it down before anything is filed in court. Taking the image down? It really doesn't matter at this point since the work was infringed and I'm sure she has enough evidence in screenshots let alone the email.
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McMurryPetPhoto Member  33 posts Joined Feb 2012 Location: Maryland-D.C. More info | How is she going to "stick it to them"? She will get not a single dollar from them, Im sure. You’re sure based on what? There are a lot of examples of photographers (professional or amateur) getting paid for something just like this. Just search and you’ll find a bunch. Here's one from the blogger's perspective. If you don't want to see your work on others sites, blogs, Facebook pages and everything else on the internet, don't post them. Any good attorney will tell you that. I’ve only met with my attorney once and I don’t know if he’s any good, but the advice I got was very different. He advised me to register my images in batches with the copyright office so that when my rights are infringed upon I can recoup more money in damages.
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bps Cream of the Crop 7,607 posts Likes: 406 Joined Mar 2007 Location: California More info | Feb 21, 2014 10:53 | #13 Shane W wrote in post #16706306 If you don't want to see your work on others sites, blogs, Facebook pages and everything else on the internet, don't post them. Any good attorney will tell you that. Yes, stealing photographs on the internet is a very real problem, but it still doesn't make it right, especially when others illegally use your work and they make a profit from it.
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JacobPhoto Goldmember 1,434 posts Likes: 39 Joined Jun 2005 Location: La Verne, Cali More info | Feb 21, 2014 12:56 | #14 I love the armchair lawyers on this board ~ Canon 7d / 5D ~ Novatron strobe setup + Vagabond
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ShaneW Senior Member 839 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2008 Location: Traverse City, Michigan More info | Feb 22, 2014 19:21 | #15 Exactly. Shane W
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