That may be the case in the US, but not in the UK. B
On 3 May 2013, at 15:46, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P.J. Alling >>> Sent: 02 May 2013 16:19 >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> 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, > > -- > 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.
