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Aah, the old "Australian IP taken by an American company" thing. I feel sorry for the bloke, but my own experience tells me that he's probably not going to get

Aah, the old "Australian IP taken by an American company" thing. I feel sorry for the bloke, but my own experience tells me that he's probably not going to get this resolved very easily to the effect he's hoping. (If he was an American and his IP was taken by an Australian firm, the gates of hell would open.. but the reverse doesn't hold especially true I've found). My personal opinion - the image is pretty generic, and he should feel happy that he's got at least a (tiny) level of recognition by the design team using his photo. But then, there's a big part of me that agrees with him and that Netflix should do the right thing and at least provide some attribution. At the end of the day, he has got a copyright notice at the bottom of the page, it's his IP, and any professional design studio should know better.

exodust 9y ago
Uncredited is not even tiny recognition. He received zero recognition and zero dollars for using his photo on a big time product. He should be paid, end of story.
- King-Aaron 9y ago
  You miss my point. I mean that the fact that someone used his photo means that they discovered something he made, amongst the countless number of things floating around in the internet, and as such there is a small amount of satisfaction that could be taken from it. Indeed, I did say that I feel he should be compensated however, so I don't understand the sense of animosity in your comment.
  - exodust 9y ago
    No animosity here. I get what you're saying, but we all know that "Google Images" will be the answer to the question "where did you get the VHS image from". The answer won't be "Gough Lui". And the choice of image wasn't decided by "Netflix" but by a designer probably trying to meet a deadline. Personally I would not feel one tiny bit of satisfaction, but I understand and accept that you would if you were the photographer.

exodust 9y ago

Uncredited is not even tiny recognition. He received zero recognition and zero dollars for using his photo on a big time product. He should be paid, end of story.

King-Aaron 9y ago
You miss my point. I mean that the fact that someone used his photo means that they discovered something he made, amongst the countless number of things floating around in the internet, and as such there is a small amount of satisfaction that could be taken from it. Indeed, I did say that I feel he should be compensated however, so I don't understand the sense of animosity in your comment.
- exodust 9y ago
  No animosity here. I get what you're saying, but we all know that "Google Images" will be the answer to the question "where did you get the VHS image from". The answer won't be "Gough Lui". And the choice of image wasn't decided by "Netflix" but by a designer probably trying to meet a deadline. Personally I would not feel one tiny bit of satisfaction, but I understand and accept that you would if you were the photographer.