Tonya and PQBON's WebLog
As I get into photography I've picked up more and more RSS feeds from photography bloggers and photography magazines that have RSS feeds. One of the major topics I see all over the RSS feeds and discussion boards is photo theft. Amateur and semi-pro photographers all over the web are paranoid that people won't respect their copyright. So I find it hilarious from the same group of people that watermark their images and talk about posting only small images (many advocate only posting 700px at the maximum dimension) that they steal music to accompany videos on YouTube.
I'm going to pick on one photographer, admittedly a better photographer then I am to use as an example however, just look on you tube for similar videos...
As I said Jacob is far from the only culprit. Actually, Jacob's video is probably less problematic then these as his is more of an indirect ad showcasing technique then direct ad as some of these are.
Mostly my point is I find it very funny that people who make their living or part of their living off copyright are "borrowing" others work. I tried to select videos that are people advertising for business since advertising clearly isn't covered by fair use by any stretch of the imagination.
Posted by pqbon at June 26, 2007 10:13 PM