Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Venting about photo ethics (formerly Copyright)
From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:17:44 -0400

on 6/19/01 2:00 PM, Paul Chefurka at Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com wrote:

> I read a post on some photographic web site from a Nascar-enthusiast/amateur
> photographer.  In a bookstore he picked up a memorial book on Dale Earnhart -
> to discover a photo from his web site, reproduced with neither permission nor
> credit.  When he complained to the publisher, he was told he should be happy
> his picture was deemed good enough for inclusion, here's a free copy of the
> book and please go away now.  He's sueing.
> 
> Nothing is of such low quality that someone somewhere might not want it.

Yeah, but when a photograph gets used like that I can't remember the exact
details but the standard fee is several times what they would have had to
pay if they'd just asked for permission in the first place.
- --
John Brownlow

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com