Quoting steve harley <[email protected]>:
on 2012-09-30 4:17 Brian Walters wrote
Just two days ago I discovered one of my photos being used in this
blog post:
http://berkeleygardencoach.com/2011/12/31/the-proteaceae-family/
(the 4th photo is mine - it's been reproduced at low res but it's still mine
and I suspect that the other photos have been nicked as well.)
that same image appears here too, possibly with permission:
<http://kweddingbook.blogspot.com/2011/03/next-phase.html>
(there's a link below the image to the source site, but that's a
pretty weak form of credit)
I hadn't been aware of that one but at least there's a link to the source.
It's a wedding blog that now seems defunct - I wonder if there's
trouble in paradise...
the state of copyright is miserable; it makes sense until you think
about it; only a fraction of those who make a living from copyright
enforcement are productive members of society; the laws are
antiques, but their antiqueness is constantly updated to keep Mickey
Mouse in copyright; the DMCA is like the Guantanamo Bay of copyright
nonetheless, i see this as a case where DMCA could be useful, after
a few steps of unsuccessful escalation; it would get Heidi's
attention; i doubt she gets much business from her website, and one
positive thing about DMCA, when it is not abused, is it gets quick
results without causing huge expenses for the infractor
I've sent her a polite letter questioning her ethics. I doubt that
will get any response but we'll see. I might follow up with DCMA if
only because she's nicked lots of other people's photos and her blog
appears to republish entire articles far in excess of what I'd regard
as 'fair use'. Of course, she may have permission to republish, but I
doubt it.
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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