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Subject: [Leica] GOOGLE PHOTO USE???????????????? SUE THEM?
From: jon.streeter at cox.net (jon.streeter)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:56:47 -0800

The opinions on intellectual property rights vary wildly.  I know a lawyer 
who maintains we have no rights to our written works, photographs, et 
cetera, and can detail how the world would be a better place if we all 
agreed on this.  It sounds to me quite a bit like lunacy.  

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

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From: tedgrant at shaw.ca
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] GOOGLE PHOTO USE????????????????   SUE THEM?
Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 3:18 pm


Hi Crew,
OK here's one for you, certainly any of the legal beagles out there? :-(

I was shown my photo of Prime Minister Trudeau sliding down the staircase 
railing at a high school today by a student who asked me to autograph it. 
"Where did you get this print?" I asked? And he responded... "oh you can get 
it off GOOGLE in many sizes!"   oops and thank you very much!

So Google have one of my pictures in their "Photo collection" without 
permission, they charge for prints! Do not have any rights to the photo let 
alone selling prints! As the Gallery representing sales of my photography 
have and look after all interest in this photo as described:  "The most 
ICONIC political photograph in the history of Canada."

Is there a wild possibility we can sue them unless they remove the photo off 
their site and certainly stop the for sale.  And at the moment I, we? Have 
never been asked about it's use and where they got an original photo?

Suggestions.... GOOD, BAD OR UGLY. I thought I could sue for a million and 
get a MONOCHROME! :-)

thank you all for your insight and suggestions.

cheers,
Dr. ted. 

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