Image Theft

[Space Samurai]

Is it possible to be angry and proud at the same time??

I know what you mean.

[bambooforest]

I think copyright is assumed. I don't think it's permissible to take someones pictures without first asking for permission. Regardless of whether it says copyrighted or not.

[Space Samurai]

My bit of research on copyrighting seems to indicate that it is not that cut and dry. Even if you obtain a copyright, it will expire at some point and enter "public domain."

[Wesli]

Yeah but that's like 60 years or something. That little law is what's giving us free online copies of Lu Yu, General and Special Theory of Relativity, Discourses of Epictetus, etc. Because of this, we'll eventually have a HUGE online library.

[joelbct]

I think copyright is assumed. I don't think it's permissible to take someones pictures without first asking for permission. Regardless of whether it says copyrighted or not.

From my understanding, any original artwork is implicitly protected under copyright in the US, whether or not you register it.


From wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Conv ... stic_Works

"Under the Convention, copyrights for creative works are automatically in force upon their creation without being asserted or declared. An author need not "register" or "apply for" a copyright in countries adhering to the Convention."

And some interesting points on Copyright Duration:

The length of the term can depend on several factors, including the type of work (e.g. musical composition, novel), whether the work has been published or not, and whether the work was created by an individual or a corporation. In most of the world, the default length of copyright is the life of the author plus either 50 or 70 years.

In the United States, all books and other works published before 1923 have expired copyrights and are in the public domain.

In 1998 the length of a copyright in the United States was increased by 20 years under the The Copyright Term Extension Act. This legislation was strongly promoted by corporations which had valuable copyrights which otherwise would have expired, and has been the subject of substantial criticism on this point.

[Space Samurai]

sweet

[joelbct]

sweet

Yah my mom had a book development company so these issues would come up from time to time, ie during research for public domain images, etc.

There are also some other rules about pre 1960's copyrights that haven't been renewed. The whole "intellectual property" field is pretty interesting, I think...

[Thirsty Daruma]

This is also why Creative Commons License is like, the coolest thing ever. But I'm glad there were results. I saw this first on your blog, Space, and couldn't believe it. The funny thing is, the quality of your photos shamed every other image on their eBay page. It looked unnatural in that setting.