This started making the rounds yesterday. The Stolen Scream: A Story About Noam Galai. I thought it important to post here. Wanted your thoughts to be a part of the conversation.
IMHO, this is:
Exciting.
Scary.
Different.
Opportunistic.
Cannibalistic.
Visionary.
Divisive.
Should we celebrate it or hate it? Lawsuits or a new suit of clothes that recognizes the times?
Two obvious sides with no obvious answer. And on and on… It’s our newest classic challenge as a rapidly evolving industry with the rapid deployment and sharing of information.
What say you?
(via the nice folks at fstoppers)
Simple message.. R.A.N.
Register your images.
Act quickly when you discover infringement.
No whining.
Awesome video, makes you go through multiple emotions at one time.
Absolute insanity, it’s still a bit of an abstract thought to me (being new to photography) that images can gain so much momentum on their own. I was watching The Grid with Scott Kelby and he had mentioned the whole “flickr is where you get your pictures stolen” aspect…make me wonder if he’s seen this.
Someone I know had an image ripped off their flickr and put on a rape alarm in the UK
http://i.imgur.com/n8Djp.jpg
However… they were 17 when they took the photo. They tried to sue but were told that the image had undergone so much alteration they could not
Simply solution. Don’t put stuff you dont want nicked on flickr. Especially high res stuff.
OMG…..My music is on Chase Jarvis’s blog……!