Lately certain companies and people feel its ok to take copyrighted and watermarked photos off the internet and use them for advertising and other things. This makes no sense to me how you can take someone photo off a website, open in photo shop, clone over the watermark and use it for your companies ad and think its completely ok. Not to mention when the photographer finds out, sends an invoice over and the company tries every way possible to get out of it paying it. First off its stealing second thats your work and you have to get paid for it.
This has happened to me 4-5 times in the past two months and its complete bullshit. I’m rather new to the whole business side of things and I know every photographer deals with this crap but I just don’t understand how people can steal your work or try and get it for free thinking its ok? Boggles my mind… This crap happens in every type of industry. Everybody wants something for nothing. Photogs fill out your copyright and metadata!
Below is a pretty good video of Harlan Ellison on the subject. Watch it.
- AM
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