Saw my piccie in a movie... without permission

RogersDA

mr peas wrote:

that we'll know what to do if (more likely, when) people grab our images and use them for promotion.

You sue: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07093/774585-85.stm

She won. If anybody wants it I can get you a copy of the McClatchey v. Associated Press. It's too long for a single post here. That would require multiple bumps of this thread.

claudermilk

RogersDA wrote:

It's too long for a single post here. That would require multiple bumps of this thread.

...and the problem is?

RogersDA

claudermilk wrote:

...and the problem is?

Hmm....1 paragraph per day - about 30 paragraphs total - yeah that should make Sid happy.

mr peas

Yeah send away. I'd like to give it a read through.

But its true, its more likely when than if, will our images get taken by somebody, intentionally or unintentionally.

That 911 photo example is a good one. Is there any other articles relating that same case, such as a follow-up or anything?

RogersDA

mr peas wrote:

Is there any other articles relating that same case, such as a follow-up or anything?

I am wating for the follow-up which I believe will be a decision on damages (assuming the A.P. does not appeal).

I track these things (occasionally) as part of my full-time career - mostly with regard to patents. So sometimes its hit -or - miss when it comes to copyright cases.

claudermilk

RogersDA wrote:

Hmm....1 paragraph per day - about 30 paragraphs total - yeah that should make Sid happy.

There you go! Keep ALL of us interested in this thread! wink


...oh, and bump....

Lynie

Are we sure it's the same image?
I can see several office light diffrences in the picture...Also, the building to the right of the two tall buildings in the middle of the picture is spaced away from it. Where in his pic they are photographed as being over lapping? I know you can do a lot with photoshop, but can you move buildings?

Lynie

wxwax wrote:

Hi Amy,


Much to my embarassment, the photo in the film wasn't mine (which is why this thread has been running for so long. )

Thanks for making me have to admit that again! :bluduh


(Lust, not love)
Sid

Oh crud! I hadn't read that part, I skipped all the way to the end, I love your shot though! And they are right, your shot is A LOT better than theirs!

Drea

I felt it was my duty, after reading through 25 page, to post something, anything on this thread even if I didn't have anything important to add.

The thread did keep my attention it was like watching a movie I laughed, I cried...


This thread is about movies, right? :confused

Nikolai

Drea wrote:

I felt it was my duty, after reading through 25 page, to post something, anything on this thread even if I didn't have anything important to add.

The thread did keep my attention it was like watching a movie I laughed, I cried...


This thread is about movies, right? :confused

Nah, it's about low-light shooting

David_S85

Drea wrote:

The thread did keep my attention it was like watching a movie I laughed, I cried...

Dgrin can be quite moving sometimes. I cry over it every day too, but have finally put this thread emotionally behind me.

Drea wrote:

I felt it was my duty, after reading through 25 page, to post something, anything on this thread even if I didn't have anything important to add.

You read all 25? Wow. Hats off to you. And, in this case and this thread, posts without much additional content are actually encouraged, if just to bump the thread back to page one every now and then. You did good.

Nikolai

Anybody watched "Sicko"?
I think I saw a couple of photogrpahs there
Not sure if they were Sid's though

devbobo

Nikolai wrote:

I think I saw a couple of photogrpahs there
Not sure if they were Sid's though

I do believe that Ben MacAskill should sue for stealing his irc handle

Dusty Sensiba

Make him lower his energy bill....
I think Al Gore and Co. could have afforded to contact you and pay you for rights to use your picture.

But....be careful. You'll start getting hate-mail from all kinds of tree huggers who think Al Gore can do no wrong. Death threats, personal insults, people questioning your sexual orientation and things of that nature.

You should contact some media outlets who don't kiss Gore's ass and get some publicity and maybe you'll get some legal assistance to fight Big Al's lawyers.

It's your picture. Get something for it.

David_S85

Dusty Sensiba wrote:

I think Al Gore and Co. could have afforded to contact you and pay you for rights to use your picture.
But....be careful. You'll start getting hate-mail from all kinds of tree huggers who think Al Gore can do no wrong. Death threats, personal insults, people questioning your sexual orientation and things of that nature.
You should contact some media outlets who don't kiss Gore's ass and get some publicity and maybe you'll get some legal assistance to fight Big Al's lawyers.
It's your picture. Get something for it.

Dusty, as it turned out, it wasn't his picture in the movie. But we still talk about it like it was. 'Cause we can.

W.W. Webster

wxwax wrote:

And no, asserting it's my image is not a big call. Why on earth would you think it is?

David_S85 wrote:

Dusty, as it turned out, it wasn't his picture in the movie.

Dusty Sensiba

Laziness...
I should have read all 25 pages before posting....

my bad.

StevenV

Dusty Sensiba wrote:

I should have read all 25 pages before posting....

nah, just wait until it comes out as a movie.

dragon300zx

Steve, if you continue to leak movie plans (even if they are made for tv movie plans) to the public you will be blackballed from the list.

urbanaries

almost 10K views...this is still the most entertaining thread I've ever encountered on dgrin...by a mile! I'll never forget the night I finally read the whole thing, internet entertainment at its best....

bummpety bump

W.W. Webster

Dusty Sensiba wrote:

I should have read all 25 pages before posting....

Readers Digest is said to be in negotiations.

David_S85

Saw their movie in my piccie
here...


What should I do about it?


Oh, and.... bump

W.W. Webster

David_S85 wrote:

What should I do about it?

StevenV

David_S85 wrote:

What should I do about it?

get behind the cameraman and shoot through to the subject.

Seefutlung

Man ... is this thing still going ... I feel so sorry for Sid.

G

claudermilk

Seefutlung wrote:

Man ... is this thing still going ... I feel so sorry for Sid.

G

I has a life of it's own now. Heck, at this point we have to keep it going at least until 10,000 views!

Nikolai

Seefutlung wrote:

Man ... is this thing still going ... I feel so sorry for Sid.
G

Gary,
Sid's big boy, he can handle it
After all, he started it...

David_S85

claudermilk wrote:

I has a life of it's own now. Heck, at this point we have to keep it going at least until 10,000 views!

Posts. 10,000 posts. I can happen if we all contribute.

Nikolai

David_S85 wrote:

Posts. 10,000 posts. I can happen if we all contribute.

We may need to ask Shay/Erik to develop the rules and Baldy/Andy to cough up some prizes.

David_S85

Nikolai wrote:

We may need to ask Shay/Erik to develop the rules and Baldy/Andy to cough up some prizes.

The rules for a contest based on this thread might be a problem. Or there could be no rules. And prize(s)? I can only think of one prize that could beat out all others — and that would be to have the winner's photo somehow displayed in an upcoming movie.