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)
Stolen, no question. I like Gareth’s take on it. What’s done has been done, lawsuit or not, perhaps Noam should use the publicity (negative as it is) to capitalize if possible.
It is so very sad, that we – as a society, have just accepted things such as this as “normal” activity. People, this is theft – like it or not, copy-written or not – these are his photos….stolen. I think one of the main issues at hand is the fact that we have a lack of an enforcement authority here. At least, they make it rather difficult to pursue enforcement anyhow.
He deserves way better than this. Major props for keeping your head-up…a bit ironic that “they” said the images would never sell – Ha! Maybe they don’t know everything!
He Should hire like 20 lawyers right? Wouldn`t he win every single case?
he has the right attitude – when it’s art it’s one thing, but when it’s something people are making money with it’s theft, and when someone co-opts it and sells it as their own work… it’s APPAULING.
He has a very good attitude about the whole thing, but he deserves a lot of money from the people who stole it or used it illegally.
Not only should the companies pay him but anyone who has benefited from his work!