Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:47 am
Nelson wrote:peninsula, But how would you feel if someone took your photo, put their own copyright mark on it, then ignored your requests to have the photo removed?
For example:
http://www.oeav-events.at/service/bilde ... image3.htm
In this case I even contacted Corax's lawyer, who said he could get it removed, but it would cost me about $120 and I wouldn't get anything in return. In other words the guilty party gets away scot-free and I have to pay. Hardly seems fair or right, does it?
I would take action against these guys if there was some way that made sense.
Good question. I think it is definitely unethical and lawless behavior. I would think embedded metadata would make it an easy case to prove the true owner, I would think some way could be found around hiring an attorney... wishful thinking on my part.
No doubt it is not right. I am not questioning right or wrong in this debate. But for me, like most of us that don't make much money (if any) with our photographic pursuits, would I really care? Again, I think only if money was being made on my behalf without my permission. That is just me. I don't have a problem with others feeling more violated. It is a violation. I have been robbed before (home broke into, vandalized and such), but I would not compare that reality to this in terms of magnitude, nothing close.
In other words, yes, I would take action against these guys if it made sense...