Legal Rights

If you’re like me and share your photos online in any capacity, you’ve probably had at least a few stolen by unscrupulous people for use on their websites or for other promotional reasons. Usually, you’d deal with this by finding the violator and either sending an invoice or filing a...

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  • December 15, 2018

So, someone in Brazil stole one of my photos: But I don’t understand what they’re trying to say:   Also, they messed with the colors!  

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  • October 18, 2013

…don’t edit my photos to crap. Just discovered that PocketVegasDeals—a Groupon-like site solely-focused on Las Vegas—stole one of my photos of the Encore for a promotion. Of course I was angered by the blatant disregard of copyright law, but they also apparently edited the photo to hell. And, better yet,...

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  • October 10, 2013

I, like many photographers, routinely use Google’s Image Search in order to find people that have stolen my photos in order to issue DMCA takedown notices.  Recently, I came across a weird situation. Several years ago, I took this photo depicting some “found” artwork at the site of the then-soon-to-be-demolished Good-Latimer...

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  • June 5, 2013

…that make my blood boil.  Thomas Hawk is being sued for $2M for posting non-commercial photos he took at the World Erotic Art Museum in Miami.  In totally unrelated news, I’m booking a flight to Miami.  Here’s his blog post: Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » Blog Archive » The World...

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  • January 11, 2011