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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. 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."

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

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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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  5. 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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