Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Copyright theft and plaintiffs case to recover loss: It's NOT about what is right or wrong, it's about the MONEY. If you, as artists, believe you can obtain ANYTHING from mounting a case after having your work stolen- you are making an egregious error in judgement. The naiveté compounds damages, you are then stupid AND poor! While it may be unlawful to steal your work, only someone who stands to make money from bringing the issue before the Court will tell you there is some benefit in doing so. [Of course he'd say that, you have to PAY him to do the job! DUH!] If you settle out of Court, he takes a piece of your pie. If the case actually goes to Court, even MORE of the pie is on his plate! NO, you don't have to hide your work from public view as the unwashed advised- but you better damn well CONTROL IT at each and every juncture. Hang on to every image, in every form it can take, and chronicle every use and permutation it has had. If you've got 'em in digital form, MARK 'EM! The LAST thing you want is an attorney on your side (is that an oxymoron?) Remember, somebody just like him will be arguing the case for the thief, and another guy worse than two attorneys combined will be the trier of fact! The only righteous person in the room will be you, and chances are just as good you can lose as win. It's even more likely the judge will find you culpably negligent for having done the work in the first place!! HA! [the following words or phrases were automatically deleted from the first permutation of this message for the sake of brevity; (sloven pig), lose the piety, get respect, (gluttonous sloth), woefully inept, (throwbacks to the Dark Ages), at least a real whore makes somebody smile in the end]. no archive