On my tour, I have been speaking about the death of rights for text and images spurred by Kevin Kelly’s thinking and also by the recent issue caused when blogs reposted a magazine’s photos of Angelina Jolie new baby. It looks like content creators, big and small, need to rethink the way they are going to make money from their work.
This article pointed out by BoingBoing shows photographers’ rights being infringed on a large scale fueled, apparently, by the simplicity of Google Image search. PhotoDistrict News tells us:
Freelance photographer Kelly Fajack claims in a lawsuit that one of his photos was reproduced without his permission on a currency note circulating in the central African nation of Burundi.
Meanwhile BoingBoing publishes this reader comment:
If you do a google images search for “Burundi School” the image in question is the 3rd to appear. It seems likely the bank note designer just did a google images search for inspiration!
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At the least when posting photos on the web it is crucial that your image or webpage incude information on copyright and usage.
And to respond quickly when you are asked about possible uses. If you make it easy for people to get permission they’ll be less likely to “borrow.”
July 7th, 2006 at 2:25 pm