Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09

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Subject: [Leica] Copyright Alert
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Tue Nov 9 07:18:38 2004
 
The big folks already protect their interests to level of diligence, and
viciousness, that the small 'creator' can't even come near. And they do so
without any regards to the overall industry, and in particular to the
concerns of the small business.
But, what happens at our level, allows for the escalation that reaches them.
S. Dimitrov


> From: "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 07:55:33 -0000
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Copyright Alert
> 
> Are you all completely mad?  If you want to be sued by Corbis or Getty
> images for taking a picture which looks similar to one they have rights for
> without the defence of "innocent error" then by all means support this.  I
> have never seen a clearer cut case of Turkeys voting for Christmas (or
> Thanksgiving if you are from over there) in my life.
> 
> Neil