Comments on: An interesting day for Copyright. http://blog.firetree.net/2010/02/25/an-interesting-day-for-copyright/ Sharing useful things with the world. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:06:09 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: alex http://blog.firetree.net/2010/02/25/an-interesting-day-for-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-25366 alex Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:30:52 +0000 http://blog.firetree.net/?p=151#comment-25366 <p>@Bibliogirl: Yes, sadly I do think that. Your sister is rightly outraged, and good luck to her. I'd feel the same way too. But, we are vastly outnumbered by millions of people who are content to have their photos used by others for nothing - after all, they freely copy anything <em>they</em> find on the net.</p> @Bibliogirl: Yes, sadly I do think that. Your sister is rightly outraged, and good luck to her. I’d feel the same way too. But, we are vastly outnumbered by millions of people who are content to have their photos used by others for nothing – after all, they freely copy anything they find on the net.

]]> By: Bibliogirl http://blog.firetree.net/2010/02/25/an-interesting-day-for-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-25364 Bibliogirl Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:50:44 +0000 http://blog.firetree.net/?p=151#comment-25364 <p><em>And the vast majority of amateur photographers are perfectly happy with that.</em></p> <p>You think?</p> <p>This has happened to my sister in the fairly recent past; one of our beloved national newspapers appropriated a bunch of photos she'd taken without bothering to attempt to get in touch with her (and it would not have been difficult). She's invoicing them for NUJ rates for their use.</p> And the vast majority of amateur photographers are perfectly happy with that.

You think?

This has happened to my sister in the fairly recent past; one of our beloved national newspapers appropriated a bunch of photos she’d taken without bothering to attempt to get in touch with her (and it would not have been difficult). She’s invoicing them for NUJ rates for their use.

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