Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of their spokespersons went so far as to say that anything on the internet is public domain and not under copyright restrictions. At least BBC was smart enough to say that is incorrect, but it is a slippery slope. Where do you draw the line? They could say they made every effort when they only looked for a watermark. What are exceptional circumstances? Photos taken during exception circumstances might be seen to have more worth that those in unexceptional circumstances! There was a case where a professional photographer in Afghanistan published a photo on Flickr and it was used in newspapers around the world without permission. I don't post photos on Flickr but they should still be considered under the copyright of the person who took the photo and not be used for any purpose without permission. It is just like they went to someone's website to rip off the image. A short shelf life might mean a very valuable short shelf life. News-breaking photos have sold for quite a bit, especially if they are exclusive. I don't think BBC had any right to use the photo, someone else's property, without permission. Give them an inch today and they'll take a mile tomorrow. Tina On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > They clearly say that they make every effort to obtain permission, but that > in exceptional circumstances such as the Norway bombing or the Arab > uprisings they may, after careful consideration, use a picture and try to > identify the author afterwards. I have no problem with that, and I do not > consider it stealing. It's not like they went to someone's website to rip > off the image. > > The kind of pictures we are talking about have a very short shelf life. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 17, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > Everybody's work is copyrighted the minute they press the shutter, > whether > > they are professional or not. Stealing is stealing. If somebody wants > to > > give BBC the right to use their photos, that's fine, but BBC should ask > > first. If BBC copied paragraphs from somebody's blog and used them > without > > credit, it would be the same thing. > > > > Tina > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu > >wrote: > > > >> I don't know, Tina, I think the approach outlined by the BBC is fairly > >> reasonable in the circumstances, and so do many of the commenters (e.g. > >> comments 2 and 5). We are not talking about pro photographers having > their > >> work ripped off here. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain-- > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com