Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 10, 2008, at 3:03 PM, Tina wrote: > This showed up on APA this morning: > > http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2008/12/curious-case-of-fink- > photography.html > > If we don't figure out some way to permanently attach metadata to > photos on the web, and if Orphan Works passes, I'm sure there will be > more and more unethical stealing of photos. I am shocked, SHOCKED to find evidence of rampant theft on the web! As if phishing, identity theft, stolen credit card numbers, and eBay scams weren't enough, now it's photo and copyright infringement. Years ago, when I was actually making money from writing and photography, I was warned by my agent never to post any work of value on the web. In fact the small print on the AOL Terms of Service actually transfered ownership to AOL for material posted on the site. I'm not sure if it still does but it did ten years ago. I learned to heed my agent's advice after several instances where material I wrote was stolen and republished without attribution or payment. Now I know that none of us would ever do that with pictures from the LUG Forum but-- if you intend to sell it, don't post it. As for me, I'm still waiting for the million dollar check promised me by the unjustly imprisoned Liberian Minister of Finance. Larry Z