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No, you're not the only one. I totally get him, but I think the way in he expressed his belief came up as just whiny. Also I believe the problem is with copyr
by rabino 13y ago
No, you're not the only one.
I totally get him, but I think the way in he expressed his belief came up as just whiny.
Also I believe the problem is with copyright laws and not with BuzzFeed. They are not selling that image, they are just illustrating their content and the same article without his image would have exactly the same value.
But beyond all, what pisses me off the most is the blue background on those link, good lord!
- venomsnake 13y agoI have tried reading Cracked articles without the images to save traffic (they pay and attribute every image). It was not the same - the experience was degraded for me. Images do provide lots of value.
- rabino 13y agoThey changed the image for other similar to the original. How that changed the value?
- haldujai 13y agoParent is arguing that having no image significantly changes the value. It is very challenging to determine how much value was created by using the infringing image, one that the court must decide. What is not challenging to determine is that the image provided some value (where that is a dollar or a million is a different question). Actually, even if it provided no value whatsoever, even if Buzzfeed did not make a profit off of it, this would still be infringement and the photographer is entitled to remuneration.
- rabino 13y ago> Actually, even if it provided no value whatsoever, even if Buzzfeed did not make a profit off of it, this would still be infringement and the photographer is entitled to remuneration. I never said the guy was wrong. I said I think this is silly and he should just move on.
- chakalakasp 13y agoWhy? What about this is silly? The man's photography was appropriated without permission by a commercial entity and used to generate revenue that he was never offered. This is the kind of thing that upsets content creators. What about it is silly?
- snowwrestler 13y agoIf it doesn't change the value then why didn't they use the 2nd image in the first place?
- chakalakasp 13y agoI am not selling your code, I am just using your code verbatim without your permission to make money and compete with you.
- rabino 13y agoI do open source software released under GPLv2 so, literally, be my guest.
- chakalakasp 13y agoOh, you mean you gave the world permission in advance through a formalized licensing agreement? Just like the article's author didn't?