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Silly?? Are some copyrights less important than others? It is not "fake caring, because money." I had that happen to me. It is not fun. It is not milking the c

Silly?? Are some copyrights less important than others? It is not "fake caring, because money." I had that happen to me. It is not fun. It is not milking the cash cow. If you no not value the intellectual property you create, or if you have some specific ideological reasons, put your work in the public domain or GPL it or any other source of copyleft. If you do that, respect the rights to get offended of those who use their copyrights to make money

goldenkey 9y ago
These pictures were just up on a blog..there were no legal or licensing disclaimers. Because like most of us, he never even thought anyone would value a plain picture of a tape used for demonstration instructional purposes. Netflix normally wouldnt pay licensing fees for something they could reproduce in 10 minutes flat. If they knew they had to pay the fee they would have just created their own or used stock images..etc. Some contractor or dumb employee did it...but now they are going to have to pay up. This guy just got really really lucky. I dont see the "plight" or anything that we are needed for..other than to read a curious happening about someone who got really really lucky on someone elses fuckup.
- darklajid 9y ago
  Why do you create such an argument when the article _explicitly states_: "Given the prominent copyright notice printed in the footer on each page, I assert my moral right to copyright over this image." Ignoring the difficulties I have with people shrugging this off as "meh", why would people comment that way without even reading the article in the first place?
- devereaux 9y ago
  It is not being lucky. It feels bad when it happens to you. It will not be a lot of money. It is just a lot of problem and the realization that some people use your work to make money without even paying the small fee you are charging, and it gives you a bad reputation as the person who sued xxx over a picture. But I give up. You do not want to understand.
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goldenkey 9y ago

These pictures were just up on a blog..there were no legal or licensing disclaimers. Because like most of us, he never even thought anyone would value a plain picture of a tape used for demonstration instructional purposes. Netflix normally wouldnt pay licensing fees for something they could reproduce in 10 minutes flat. If they knew they had to pay the fee they would have just created their own or used stock images..etc. Some contractor or dumb employee did it...but now they are going to have to pay up. This guy just got really really lucky. I dont see the "plight" or anything that we are needed for..other than to read a curious happening about someone who got really really lucky on someone elses fuckup.

darklajid 9y ago
Why do you create such an argument when the article _explicitly states_: "Given the prominent copyright notice printed in the footer on each page, I assert my moral right to copyright over this image." Ignoring the difficulties I have with people shrugging this off as "meh", why would people comment that way without even reading the article in the first place?
devereaux 9y ago
It is not being lucky. It feels bad when it happens to you. It will not be a lot of money. It is just a lot of problem and the realization that some people use your work to make money without even paying the small fee you are charging, and it gives you a bad reputation as the person who sued xxx over a picture. But I give up. You do not want to understand.
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