Jamie123
Veteran
Just ran across this article. This is ridiculous. I mean can you really claim copyright for a person's expression in a picture, a centered composition or a blue sky? It's so far off that it's actually amusing.
Someone has a patent on using a LASER pointer to stimulate the hunt instinct in cats.
Would not hold up.
Would not hold up.
Bobbo
Well-known
In America, you can pretty much sue anyone for anything at any time. Whether or not you will succeed is something completely different.
This isn't like the rip-off of the Miles Davis photo, which was an obvious infringement (if it wasn't, there would not have been a settlement). We'll see how this one goes...
This isn't like the rip-off of the Miles Davis photo, which was an obvious infringement (if it wasn't, there would not have been a settlement). We'll see how this one goes...
user237428934
User deletion pending
The descendants of Yves Klein should sue anyone who uses blue in his/her paintings or photos because he invented the use of blue.
kxl
Social Documentary
It looks like the plaintiff's legal team is taking a deep pockets approach. Whether or not this is truly copyright infringement is secondary to how risk and negative publicity averse one of the co-defendants is, and therefore likely willing to settle -- the deeper the pockets the better. Looking at the list of co-defendants, the winners is.... Levis!!! Or am I being too cynical?
Kevin
Rainbow Bridge
If just one picture's essence from a large base of work had been copied then no, it would not be considered an infringement. But if the essence/form of 100+ images are copied then yes, this could be considered a copyright infringement by the courts.
Such rulings have been made in the past and I'm eager to hear about the outcome of this one!
Such rulings have been made in the past and I'm eager to hear about the outcome of this one!
Neare
Well-known
Hey Guys,
Just to let you know I took 10 photos of flowers with Bokeh around them. They're copyright to me yeah. So if anyone else ever takes 10 photos or so that look roughly the same I'm going to sue you.
You have been warned.
Hugs & Kisses,
Ari
Just to let you know I took 10 photos of flowers with Bokeh around them. They're copyright to me yeah. So if anyone else ever takes 10 photos or so that look roughly the same I'm going to sue you.
You have been warned.
Hugs & Kisses,
Ari
inSIGHT
Member
She is very bitter and this is the most logical motive for such a ridiculous suit.
Ranchu
Veteran
The photos do look conceptually similar. 150 is a lot of pictures, I guess I wouldn't be shocked if the dude was creeping around stealing ideas from non commercial artists. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
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I hereby grant unlimited rights to use fenceposts for Shim tests.
I have a 100 of these...
and even more like this.
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Kevin
Rainbow Bridge
Dude, if you're gonna sue other fence artists in the USA you had better register your copyright there first, otherwise you can only sue for actual damages. Without formal registration you can forget about collecting statutory damages and legal fees.
Paolo Bonello
3 from 36 on a good day.
Looks like you gotta be careful who you rub shoulders with these days in-case you might be so moved by their work that you would spend a year or more trying to reproduce (more than a hundred times over) the essence of what makes them so great.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Deep pockets. My brother encounters stuff like this sometimes. Being British, he was shocked the first time he encountered it. Decades ago, he found that the company he was involved with was setting aside a few million for lawsuits. Not wishing to be involved with anything shady (well, shadier than usual in big business), he asked "What can anyone sue us for?"
"Nothing," came the reply, "but that doesn't stop anyone in the United States. Usually it's cheaper to settle than to fight."
Cheers,
R.
"Nothing," came the reply, "but that doesn't stop anyone in the United States. Usually it's cheaper to settle than to fight."
Cheers,
R.
TennesseJones
Well-known
what nonsense. polar opposite to the miles davis thing.
can't sue people because you inspired them.
apply that to say poetry and you've got a hell of a mess. virgil versus dante?
but there's no money in poetry i guess.
can't sue people because you inspired them.
apply that to say poetry and you've got a hell of a mess. virgil versus dante?
but there's no money in poetry i guess.
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
Here's another funny story, a news agency claiming copyright to self-portraits taken by a monkey using a camera dropped by a wildlife photographer.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...y-license-its-copyrights-to-news-agency.shtml
The self-portraits are actually pretty good:
Note that linking to the above picture might constitute infringement of the monkey's copyright in his self-portrait. Or was it the news agency's? Anyway.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...y-license-its-copyrights-to-news-agency.shtml
The self-portraits are actually pretty good:
Note that linking to the above picture might constitute infringement of the monkey's copyright in his self-portrait. Or was it the news agency's? Anyway.
Doesn't commercial ad photography copy well known photos all the time? Honestly, I think the work is not similar enough for copyright infringment.
Also, she's a hip-hop artist too and she's sued in that world too...
"Lawsuit against 50 Cent:
In 2005, Jah Jah filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against 50 Cent and Dr. Dre for allegedly stealing her music and using it illegally for 50's Massacre album."
It says nothing of a settlement there.
Also, she's a hip-hop artist too and she's sued in that world too...
"Lawsuit against 50 Cent:
In 2005, Jah Jah filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against 50 Cent and Dr. Dre for allegedly stealing her music and using it illegally for 50's Massacre album."
It says nothing of a settlement there.
semordnilap
Well-known
Yeah–I was going to throw that into this too. Pretty hilarious all around! It seems that trolls are all around...
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
When exactly did you take these photos?
After this?:
We might need to have some discussion about what kind of settlement I'll take....
After this?:
We might need to have some discussion about what kind of settlement I'll take....
Leigh Youdale
Well-known
If you check out her two Facebook pages you'll find a grand total of between 45 and 55 people "like" her. That doesn't sound like many to me - either as a photographer or a hip-hop DJ.
Maybe she's a little delusional?
Maybe she's a little delusional?
