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Re: Someone stole my picture
Originally Posted by Surrey Expat
(Post 5285233)
Copyright exists and is held by the originator of any work, whether used for profit or not, unless it is signed over to another party. If a graphic artist creates an image or work for a client and they are paid by the client, the client only has the right to use that image or work, the artist still retains copyright as the creator, unless they specifically sign over the copyright to another party.
Educational use is for licensed educational institutions. The following provisions of the Copyright Act are specific to "educational institutions," defined as, inter alia, "a non-profit institution licensed or recognized by or under an Act of Parliament or the legislature of a province to provide pre-school, elementary, secondary or post-secondary education." If you want a good read, here is the Copyright act of Canada http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html#rid-33296 |
Re: Someone stole my picture
It looks nothing like your photograph!
The other web site captured those floating black numbers.
Originally Posted by Steve_P
(Post 5282546)
Can you look at the pictures on the page in this web link?
http://www.londondrugs.com/LDPS/psCa...oducts/Prints/ Now can you look at this picture? http://www.pbase.com/hangman/image/17751624 Do any of you think that these might all be the same picture? I think so, and if this is the case it would appear that I have had one of my pictures stolen and the rights to use it sold to London Drugs. No-one has ever asked me if they could use it. :mad: Thanks Steve |
Re: Someone stole my picture
Having dutifully ploughed through the Canadian copyright act and the corporate history of London Drugs, a corporation that has its agreements governed by BC law, I now see that Steve does have a case. How useful it is to have a case in a land of expensive lawyers who don't work on a contingency basis I dunno but Steve does seem to have been violated in Canada.
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Re: Someone stole my picture
:ohmy:
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 5285512)
Steve does seem to have been violated in Canada.
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Re: Someone stole my picture
Originally Posted by Pony
(Post 5285555)
:ohmy:
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Re: Someone stole my picture
Originally Posted by Steve_P
(Post 5285269)
Thanks all.
I have sent an email to London Drugs asking them where they got the image from. I suspect they bought the rights to it from a website that specializes in buying and selling images. I would like to know who this site or organization is and who they bought the image off. Whoever they bought it off is most likely the one who lifted it off the pbase site. This image was placed on the pbase site very early on in my journey into digital photography and I was unaware of both copyright law and exif information at the time. I still have the original image on my hard drive, I found it again last night so I can definitely prove it is my image. On the one hand I feel quite chuffed that someone thought enough of the image to use it professionally and on the other hand I'm p*ssed off that someone is possibly making money from my photograph. Thanks again Steve Someone called CARDS-Plus Marketing here in Calgary, which would lead credence to my supposition that the the right to use the photo is being sold by some company somewhere. I tried to phone CARDS-Plus Marketing but their phone has been disconnected. So, dead end there. I did also email the graphic design company that did the website but have not heard back from them yet. Cheers Steve |
Re: Someone stole my picture
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 5285512)
Having dutifully ploughed through the Canadian copyright act and the corporate history of London Drugs, a corporation that has its agreements governed by BC law, I now see that Steve does have a case. How useful it is to have a case in a land of expensive lawyers who don't work on a contingency basis I dunno but Steve does seem to have been violated in Canada.
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Re: Someone stole my picture
Thats horrible! Sounds like they may have been fly by nights though if their phone is disconected. It just shows how difficult it is to protect peoples privacy on the internet doesn't it? :frown:
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Re: Someone stole my picture
Originally Posted by Daedra
(Post 5285825)
Thats horrible! Sounds like they may have been fly by nights though if their phone is disconected. It just shows how difficult it is to protect peoples provacy on the internet doesn't it? :frown:
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Re: Someone stole my picture
Steve - found the following snippet from their legal page - you need to set them straight on it......
"All material contained on the Site including the content, site design, text, graphics, and the selection and arrangement thereof are the copyright of London Drugs (unless otherwise expressly stated)." The graphics on the site for Cards Plus is done by a company called "Round The Bend Wizards". They are based in Texas! |
Re: Someone stole my picture
Originally Posted by Calgal
(Post 5285891)
Steve - found the following snippet from their legal page - you need to set them straight on it......
"All material contained on the Site including the content, site design, text, graphics, and the selection and arrangement thereof are the copyright of London Drugs (unless otherwise expressly stated)." The graphics on the site for Cards Plus is done by a company called "Round The Bend Wizards". They are based in Texas! I told them to leave there as I don't object that strenuously and if they are willing to offer some sort of recompense then we can all be happy. They said they thought they had bought the rights to use the image from a clip art website about a year and a half ago. But they can no longer find that image on the clip art website. So they would like to dig a little deeper to see what they can find. If they find who they bought the rights from they will definitely let me know and I can pursue it with the offending web site. They said that they were quite amenable to maybe working out an arrangement with me perhaps some free printing or some such thing. The fellow I spoke with said he could not make that decision but did not see that as being a problem. So it appears we can work it out and all be happy with the result. :):) Thanks everyone for your support, it meant a lot. Steve |
Re: Someone stole my picture
:thumbup::thumbup:
Great to hear !!! Linda P |
Re: Someone stole my picture
Originally Posted by Steve_P
(Post 5286831)
So it appears we can work it out and all be happy with the result. :):)
Thanks everyone for your support, it meant a lot. Steve Any of these yours? (Three pages) : http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-ima...n-calgary.html |
Re: Someone stole my picture
I'm glad you're sorting them out :thumbup:
Take Care :thumbsup: |
Re: Someone stole my picture
YAY! Your fighting the big boys and winning!:thumbsup:
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