News of the weird! Holiday photo shows up as ad in Europe ...

[dmr]

... and I was surprised when my photo of the Mamiya SD turned up in an Ebag listing! 🙂

Mo. family Christmas photo turns up in Czech ad

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_card_photo_prague

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

that sneaky internet

 

[sevo]

Seriously, what do the people suppose to happen after they publish a picture in electronic form? When a bunch of my work wound up at a US "stock" agency after my formerly reputable German agent was bought up by investment bankers, the stuff (press and travel photos) wound up in just about every third-rate advertising application imaginable. And the web at large is even worse than stock agencies - that family can be happy their picture did not turn into an ad for Viagra, masturbation aids or some neo-fascist party.

Sevo

 

[Spider67]

When a bunch of my work wound up at a US "stock" agency after my formerly reputable German agent was bought up by investment bankers, the stuff (press and travel photos) wound up in just about every third-rate advertising application imaginable. And the web at large is even worse than stock agencies - Sevo[/quote]

Did you get some royalties or did they rip you off completely?🙁
Gruß aus Wien
Des

 

[sevo]

Did you get some royalties or did they rip you off completely?🙁

They paid - but of course their rates, which were considerably less.

 

[JohnTF]

I guess great minds think alike. ;-) Regards, John

 

[brainwood]

I'm afraid it gets worse... The image was used last week on the BBC website on their front page.

 

[JohnTF]

I posted this as well, as in the How Low Res? thread. I got the impression from the story that they posted a hi res file.

Did the BBC use it as a news item? It may fall under fair use.

The guy in the Czech restaurant seemed a decent type, though it was unlikely anyone who knew them would ever see it in Prague. Did not seem like "European Vacation" use. ;-)

Are stock photos that expensive? I seem to recall the last time I saw any prices that they were high volume low cost, at least many of them?

I bought some photo CD's years back in Prague quite reasonably, and have forgotten about them, if I run across them I will look at the file size and the boiler plate. I intended them for personal use, and they were sold commercially probably in bookstores and at Photo Skoda.


Regards, John