stolenn photo article
There are never any excuses for stealing from anyone. That is a long story short. There should never be excuses to give to photographers when you are caught violating our copyrights. Watermark, no watermarks, online, or sent to you. If you do not have the proper license, if you have not paid for it, then you do not have any rights to use it.
Read MoreThere are never any excuses for stealing from anyone. That is a long story short. There should never be excuses to give to photographers when they are caught violating our copyrights. Watermark, no watermarks, online, or sent to you. If you do not have the proper license, if you have not paid for it, then you do not have any rights to use it.
Read MoreThere are never any excuses for stealing from anyone. That is a long story short. There should never be excuses to give to photographers when you are caught violating our copyrights. Watermark, no watermarks, online, or sent to you. If you do not have the proper license, if you have not paid for it, then you do not have any rights to use it.
Read More“There are several issues. The biggest—and the one people don’t fully comprehend—is that of copyright theft.
The word “theft” should signify that this is wrong. We have disclaimers on our website that tell in vivid detail which laws are being broken when our photos are taken. Yet, we (photographers) are the bad guys for confronting someone when such offenses occur.
I know that the theft exists. I would be an idiot if I didn’t; all I have to do is look at Facebook and find thousands of my and my fellow photographers’ proofs stolen...The only way that Internet theft will stop is if the equestrian community polices itself. I’ve tried limited posting of proofs, pay for posting, no posting, etc., and everything that I do only punishes the good customers. The photo thieves just work quicker, smarter and faster.”
When we take photos, they’re technically “our photos,” but they’re also “their photos” because it’s them or their horses in the images. But the rights to use those photos remain with the photographer... Photography Theft and Exposure One Studios Response.
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