[Leica] Plagarism

[disfromage at ameritech.net (Richard Wasserman)]

I learned recently that this is very common. My wife and I went to a  
photography show opening and as we were poking about the gallery  
discovered in a back room a painting that was copied/based on one of  
my images. The artist[?] added a tree and changed the time of day of  
the scene. Other than those changes it was pretty much a direct copy.  
What are the odds of a painter from Colorado coming to Chicago and  
painting a scene that is identical in aspect ratio and cropping to  
mine that was made with a 4x5 camera and 300mm lens? My assumption is  
that he took the low resolution mage from my website, printed it and  
then painted over it?sort of like the old paint-by-numbers kits.

Unfortunately there is almost nothing that can be done about it as the  
courts side with the copier. Terms such as "interpretation" and  
"transormative" are bandied about. It certainly strikes me as a sign  
of a very lazy and uninspired artist. At least the painting was  
unsold....




On Oct 19, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Tina Manley wrote:

> LUG:
>
> By Bob Dylan, no less:
>
> http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/questions-raised-about-dylan-show-at-gagosian/?ref=artsf
>
> The other examples I've seen on the internet are exact copies of
> photographs, including those by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
>
> I have had several artists request to use my photos for their  
> paintings.  I
> always give permission with the qualification that they must include a
> notice that the painting is based on a photo copyrighted by Tina  
> Manley.
> Looks like Dylan failed to ask permission or even acknowledge that  
> he uses
> photographs!
>
> Tina
>
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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