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Corbis, DMCA, And John Kerry Photos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the forgery-and-libel-were-already-criminal dept.

Phronesis writes "Photo District News is running a story reporting that three historic photos of John Kerry from the early 1970s, including the one used for the Jane Fonda forgery, were pirated from Corbis. The photographers who own the copyright on the photos are asking Corbis to use its fancy watermarking technology to find the culprit. Corbis hopes either to track the responsible people down using watermarks, or to invoke DMCA if the watermarks were removed."

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  1. Damn that photoshop by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 4, Funny

    TotalFarker's give a collective "yeee..." and pull at their shirt collars.

  2. Volunteering by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Pardon me. Would the person responsible for forging the photos, removing the watermarks from the source images, and distributing a libellous claim please come to the Principal's office? Thank you."

  3. I keep reading... by cartzworth · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...infringers - don't they mean thieves? Oh wait, this isn't an RIAA related article.

  4. Who? by JohnGrahamCumming · · Score: 5, Funny

    /. please explain some of these difficult to understand terms: I mean I know what GIMP, DMCA, MP3, PARC, DSL, DRM, DVD and NSA mean, but who's this John Kerry and this Jane Fonda?

    John.

  5. Re:Watermarks by GMFTatsujin · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's not like it reads, "Thou shalt not do anything we don't like."

    Are you sure about that? It's in the fine print. Really fine print, as it turns out -- it's in microtext in the dot over the second "i" in "millennium."

  6. Apropos posting. by erik_fredricks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Am I the only one who finds it ironic that this article directly follows the one announcing Gimp 2.0?

    Just wondering...

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  7. Re:Not a bad forgery..... by sfjoe · · Score: 5, Funny



    Well, at least she got closer to the VietCong than George Bush.

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  8. Re:/. sums it up nicely for once by AhBeeDoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    And you DO know his wife's maiden name, right? A well known condiment.
    What sort of condiment is Simoes-Ferreira?

  9. Re:/. sums it up nicely for once by KlomDark · · Score: 4, Funny

    So people will be chanting "No blood for ketchup" (Or "No Ketchup for Blood" :) ) instead of "No Blood for Oil"?

  10. Re:/. sums it up nicely for once by d34thm0nk3y · · Score: 4, Funny

    so much for the 'rich republicans'

    I was suprised when I saw these numbers too, but then I realized that most people probably don't put bribes on their tax return.

  11. I'm confused. by CausticPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't recall the argument being that Republicans were rich. It was that they are the tools of the rich...

    So basically you're saying that Republicans are the tools of the Democrats?

    Brain... hurting! Must... vote... Libertarian!!

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