Copying photos *ADMIN NOTE - an example of what not to do **

[BBQ Grail]

I say we have the guy beaten and force him to watch the same slide shows from Grand Canyon vacations, over and over again.

I dream of the day someone thinks my photos are so good they want to use them as examples of quality food art.

It appears at least one person attempted to handle this "behind closed doors" which is where it should have stayed.

[blues_n_cues]

Originally Posted by jrb03

I have to agree. Posting something on a public internet forum makes it fair game. It's not like he claimed them to be his own. Isn't that why you spend the time to watermark them?

i am not an attny. & don't claim to be but copyright law is fuzzy,- when you post it (on the net)under current cr u.s. law- that is cr & published material.
now you can spend the bucks & tr(trademark) you name & label your things under that- lot better protection but more costly- as far as i'm concerned- Rick should be in business......

[blues_n_cues]

sorry for another post but rick- you are truly great @ what you do..
do ya know what they do to food for mag ads or commercials to make them look good under lights- i'll just say varnishes & various silicone gels(non edible for sure). seriously think about tm'ing your stuff & working toward some photography gigs-
like i said, i would be happy to have you do some of my stuff for my site & menus but ya'd prolly outcook me too & we just can't have that, plus i can't play nice-nice w/ egg heads- lol.....

[landarc]

I know a few food bloggers and this is a huge problem for them. Anyone that shoots good photos should beware. In this case, the person that posted them came forward, but, I have a friend that has been chasing a person for over a year, has gotten ZERO help from the guys ISP and is finding his images used and sold for other peoples profits. It is a bummer as many of you guys post great photo's, I enjoy the pron here, Rick's efforts are pretty fine stock work if you ask me.

[BBQ Grail]

Originally Posted by landarc

I know a few food bloggers and this is a huge problem for them. Anyone that shoots good photos should beware. In this case, the person that posted them came forward, but, I have a friend that has been chasing a person for over a year, has gotten ZERO help from the guys ISP and is finding his images used and sold for other peoples profits. It is a bummer as many of you guys post great photo's, I enjoy the pron here, Rick's efforts are pretty fine stock work if you ask me.

Yes, people pirating other people's work has been a problem as long as their has been publishing. Thousands of years...

In this case it wasn't pirating. It was a misguided attempt to do a good thing. I've always found it to be a good policy to look at someone's "intent" before I got offended at something. From what's been presented here it doesn't look like malicious intent or someone wanting to steal someone else's work. Just someone trying to do something nice.

[BBQchef33]

Situation has been taken offline by the 2 parties. Thread left as an example, but locked.