As I mentioned before, I bet they take photos from all over the web and use them until the copyright owners find out and ask them to remove them.
I ran across this one, but I don't know who took it - probably not a DPCer: This is my cousin, Stu. He's a village burner also, but he is a little quirkier than me.
That picture was actually featured in Maxim Magazine! By a reader..... heh
I ran across this one, but I don't know who took it - probably not a DPCer: This is my cousin, Stu. He's a village burner also, but he is a little quirkier than me.
I think it is a bad thing for someone to steal an image but I also think we should let IreneM handle this herself in a professional manner.
Usually when handled in a professional and polite manner things are taken care of rather quickly. People from DPC keep commenting and fueling the fire. I think this doesn't make DPC as a community look good either.
This is the same image that was on Digg & on Fark right? How about submitting a link with the story of how someone stole the image, with links to both. That would get their attention, seeing as how it bogged us down. (though it would bog us again).
Still that is just low, and to add their own to it, some ppl.
One question about registration, do you need to send the processed version, or would an original JPEG suffice?
I like to rework my pictures and wonder if I would need to re-register (an expensive proposition) each final version I would come up with.
Took me a minute, but you are talking about copyright registration, right?
Sorry it took me a bit to reply. Yes, I'm talking about copyright registration. Any opinions?
According to the Copyright web site, you only need to re-apply if you have substantually changed the appearance of the original. So even if you changed it from color to black and white or flipped it, cropped, or did anything like that but still have enough of the original to be able to show it is your image, you do not have to re-register. If your image was unpublished when you first registered and then you sell it or do something else to make it published, you don't have to re-register. I'm not sure what you do if you sell or give the copyright to someone else and do a trasfer of copyright.
I think it is a bad thing for someone to steal an image but I also think we should let IreneM handle this herself in a professional manner.
Usually when handled in a professional and polite manner things are taken care of rather quickly. People from DPC keep commenting and fueling the fire. I think this doesn't make DPC as a community look good either.
Dpc wouldn't be a "community" if we didn't try and help each other when times get tough.
I thank Cindi and Leroy from the bottom of my heart for going over there and "rattling chains".
Is there something we can do here on the site to try to prevent this. Maybe, once a challenge is over, have a watermark on them. With our non-entries I believe we can. It does take away some of the viewing pleasures. Just a thought.
edit; something like the free version of the hdr program photomatix?
Is there something we can do here on the site to try to prevent this. Maybe, once a challenge is over, have a watermark on them. With our non-entries I believe we can. It does take away some of the viewing pleasures. Just a thought.
I thought about that too, as a sad compromise. People will say it doesn't stop theft, but it would at least deter some, and make stolen DPC images that much easier to locate. Or make watermarking optional in preferences, 'yes, watermark my images' or somesuch. It would be cool if somehow the watermark were only visible if not viewed on DPC, but I don't think web technology is that sophisticated yet.
From Rackspace's acceptible use policy. Copyrighted Material
You may not use Rackspace's network or equipment to download, publish, distribute, or otherwise copy in any manner any text, music, software, art, image, or other work protected by copyright law unless:
* you have been expressly authorized by the owner of the copyright for the work to copy the work in that manner;
* you are otherwise permitted by established United States copyright law to copy the work in that manner.
Rackspace may terminate the service of copyright infringers.
Irene, I would quote this verbatim when I contacted Rackspace about Break.com.
Copyright Infringement Notice (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
If you believe your copyright is being infringed by a person using the Rackspace network, please send your written notice of copyright infringement to:
Director of Compliance
Rackspace, Ltd.
9725 Datapoint Drive, Suite 100
San Antonio, Texas 78229
abuse@rackspace.com
Your notice must include the following:
* A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
* Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if multiple copyrighted works at a single site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
* Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit Rackspace to locate the material;
* Information reasonably sufficient to permit Rackspace to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address;
* A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner's agent, or the law;
* A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
Remember that it does not help things to fuel the fire on Break.com. I'm pretty sure with the appropriate notices made the owners of Break.com will respond appropriately.
Let's remember it is Sunday and most administrative types do get a day off now and then. As of yet I don't see needs for pitchforks. We don't want to get complaints from them about our users. :)
Give it a couple days gang. By Tuesday we can pitchfork 'em. :)
