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Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright
New submitter JamieKitson writes "Photographer Jay Lee got more than he bargained for after sending some DMCA takedown notifications out to hosts of sites using one of his pictures. One Candice Shwagger accused him of everything from conspiracy over local sheriff elections to child abuse. Since Candice is now threatening legal action, Jay has said he'll take down the post, so here's a snap shot. After reading the story, I checked for use of my own pictures and found one of them being used on a review site without even a credit."
Its a story about some nobody who got upset because he published his photograph on the internet and someone else used it. boo fucking hoo.
Good-bye
For fuck's sake, get over yourselves. So you took a picture, and someone liked it and used it. Do you honestly think that you're something special when you click the button on your camera? How about the people who designed and built the structures you took the picture of? What about the restaurant that created the meal you snapped a picture of? (author of post). What if these people demanded royalties or some other form of attribution that they pull out of their asses? They CAN'T, luckily for you. (Though they do try in some countries)
I have taken pictures and one of them comes to mind. I didn't think a lot of it at the time, it was a picture of the sun setting over an island with a lighthouse, in the early spring when the ice was breaking up. Pink sky, reflecting on the ice. Yes, I stood in exactly the right place and focused the camera to get the best shot I could, to capture that effect. It was quite a nice picture and I was happy that a bunch of people liked it and used it. They don't need my fucking permission... I put it on the Internet and they took it.
"good guy" and "file a DMCA" don't quite fit in the same paragraph, unless it also includes some form of negation. Seriously. Would you use RICO against an individual who wronged you? Would you send them to Guantanamo? Certain things just aren't done by "good people" even if they happen to be temporarily legal.
Uh, no, the straight to the DMCA is a douche bag move. Contacting the people and politely ask them to take it down is the 'good guy' move. He didn't do that.
He went legal first without even talking to her. Sure it's his right, but so is ambulance chasing; doesn't make him a 'good guy' though.
People in cars cause accidents....accidents in cars cause people
Its a story of a guy who sent out takedown notices on an image he created.
Then some psycho, leftist, wingnut, lawyer with a brain as disabled as her child flipped the fuck out all over the internets.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?