Category Archives: Protecting Copyright

Photographers’ Money Woes

By DamianM | Published July 7, 2006

Chris wrote in a post of his how Carl Purcell had one of his photos appear on an American stamp and how he must feel since it was a stock photo and he basically got nothing out of it. Well spare a thought for Kelly Fajack. Here he finds people violating his copyright and making money from one of his photos, literally!

The central African nation of Burundi have used one of his photos without his permission for their 10,000 Burundi franc note. The photo was not in the public domain; it was just used on Mr Purcell’s personal website.

Quite rightly he is suing the Burundi government, but to sue a government is quite tricky. Good look with that Carl, I hope you get a fair and just outcome.

Read more about it here.

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Creative commons: How safe is your work?

By DamianM | Published March 13, 2006

Do you use a creative commons license on your Flickr photos. Do you even know what it is? Well very basically it is a license that you grant that allows non-profit use and sharing of your photography (More Info).

Why am I talking about it now?, well the legal strength of the idea has just been put to test in court. Adam Curry the ‘POD father’ has recently taken to court a Dutch magazine for publishing pictures from his Flickr account. The magazine apparently thought that since the photos were on the internet they could do whatever they liked.

So did Adam win his case? Well let’s just say he didn’t lose. The creative commons was upheld but the magazine got away with a fine. There was no real deterrant to stop this happening again. And you and me won’t have the resources to fight back like Adam did.

Thanks for standing up for us dude :)

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