Copyright Infringement!
Posted by Joe on 4 Jun 2006 12:31 pm.
Filed under General Journal.
Filed under General Journal.
So this is very bizzare… my brother pointed this out to me the other day. This website called The Uber-Review has a post about dancing cell phones and the photo they decided to use for the post is a picture of me! The photo is one I did for my old self-portrait-a-day project at 50prime365.com. While I guess it’s flattering that they would use a picture of me and one that I took, it’s also slightly annoying since there’s no link back to my site or even a simple photo credit to me as the photographer. It seems it would be a common courtesy especially since my photos are clearly not public stock images.
On June 4th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Hi Joe,
My name is Vic and I am the editor of the Uber-Review. In regards to the picture, the picture was taken from an image search from google or yahoo for the term dancing cell phone. I apologize for not giving you the proper credit for picture. We link back to the source for our stories and I do not know what happened with this story. I can understand your anger when someone takes something that is yours and does not give credit. I have added full credit at the post but I will remove the picture
or the post completely if you wish. Again, I would like to say, I’m sorry.
On June 4th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
Wow, quick reply Vic!
Thanks for the comment and the photo credit. If I was that concerned over the usage, I would have contacted you directly to have it removed, so no worries at all. Thanks for taking the time to follow-up.
On June 5th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Hey Joe. Vic was correct. A Google Image search for ‘dancing cell phone’ brings your image up. It was the first listing no less!
http://images.google.com/images?q=dancing+cell+phone&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
On June 5th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
Wait a sec. It’s the first listing but it’s only there becuase it’s on Urban-Review. D’oh!