They don't have to "settle" with you. Under the law, all they have to do
is stop using your photo ... IF YOU CAN PROVE IT'S YOURS.
They don't have to compensate you. They just have to find a new sucker
to steal from.
From: "Bob W"
It's an interesting situation. As Stan says, thinking about who wins is
quite an enlightening exercise. Who would want a law like this? Somebody
must do, otherwise we wouldn't be getting it, so what do they stand to
gain?
So if, say, an unscrupulous international picture agency simply starting
trawling and downloading photos and making money from them, and you as a
photographer happened to find out about it, what can you do? The burden
of proof is on you to show that they have not undertaken an adequate
search for the copyright holder. Chances are they would just settle with
you for whatever they earned from the pictures, and refrain from using
them again. The only thing that might prevent said megacorp would
possibly be the threat of a class action suit from a large group of
photographers.
B
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From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P.J. Alling
Sent: 02 May 2013 16:19
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Subject: Re: OT Is The UK Government Trying To Kill Off Photographers
Even large corporations couldn't be happy with this, download
a copyrighted work with full information imbedded, upload to
face book, download it again and it's laundered. The only
protected works are those so well known that their provenance
is indisputable.
On 5/2/2013 8:52 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
Interesting. The breathless hysteria of the blog was a bit
off-putting, but he did seem to make a few good points. He
focused on who loses under the legislation discussed (i.e.,
those who expect to be paid for their photographs but
nonetheless distribute their work via social media). The more
pertinent question might be who gains? It seems that Murdoch
and his ilk must be be overjoyed that they will receive an
open invitation to piracy. Instead of blathering about "The
Government" and "The Act" as though these abstractions were
living breathing people, he should be thinking about the
legislators and their corporate partners.
stan
On May 2, 2013, at 1:34 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
http://photothisandthat.co.uk/2013/04/29/is-the-uk-government-trying-
to-kill-of-photographers/
Cheers,
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