> Inspired is the wrong word here, copied is correct. Company A decides > not to pay for an image from Company B, but instead gets another > photographer to make something that looks similar. They have > intentionally copied the concept. There's a bigger version playing out > at the moment with David La Chapelle suing the creators of a video clip > for Rhianna for recreating elements from one of his photos. You can be > as inspired as you like and generally not run into trouble, but if what > you do is being used as a substitute for the original then you will be > at risk of this sort of law-suit. > > Paul >
it's absurd to apply that to such a common & cliched image as a London bus crossing Westminster Bridge, with only the red retained. That sort of picture has been knocking around since the Victorian period. I can't imagine a judgement like this surviving an appeal. B > > > > On 25/01/2012, at 5:17 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > Quoting Igor Roshchin <[email protected]>: > > > >> > >> > >> If you haven't seen it in DPReview: > >> > http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/01/25/Imitated_Image_Copyright_Case > >> > >> It's about a rather interesting, albeit controversial decision.. > > > > > > > > Well, my knowledge of copyright law is, at best, basic, but..... > > > > That's nuts. > > > > So, the second photographer was inspired by the work of the first. > How very unusual..... > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
