My image in Andhra Jyothi newspaper

Stolen image; original is here

This image by me was stolen by Andhra Jyothi newspaper and altered and published with out permission in their 'teens column' section of the supplement page on the 23-Aug-2007 edition.

The PDF (download from their e-paper version on their web site can be viewed here (1 MB).

The original image is here

The people at ‘Andhra Jyothi’ have admitted that the image was inadvertently used with out obtaining the permission and the clarification was published on 13-Sep2007 edition ‘Page 3’ of the supplement (top left). For details refer my comment below.

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Comments

knowsnotmuch says:

Thats horrible. Did they steal it off flickr?

Comes with poor, rush and dash editors - guess our newspapers are becoming as bereft of morality as the news they cover.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath says:

yes it was flicked from flickr
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

ayashok photography says:

then what is the necessity of copyrights law?

send a legal notice to them na? if someone unknown means ok, even a media people :(, how dare they are.

only thing is our friend $owmya get popular
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

ragiks says:

Akshath how do they do these ? do they download images by visiting your photo-stream (right-click save-picture as) ? Can you not disable-photo-downloads from your privacy settings?

Sorry am new to this, so asking, but its a shameful gesture from such media people to steal pictures.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Lucid Illusions says:

newspapers need only low res pics for their printing ... We've had big name newspapers like The Times of India stealing pictures from flickr - www.flickr.com/photos/kkseema/467043899/

ethics and values are at a premium these days :o) and the big fish steal big!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

~ Panache says:

Yikesssss But how did u know ???
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

shivanayak says:

Do let us know , hope u did report them

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath says:

ayashok yes will be sending them legal notice if they do not respond back to my email soon. These guys not only stole the image they even cropped out the copyright notice that was in place.

ragiks yes they can just save the image by right clicking. disabling photo-downloads from your privacy settings only make this process harder by overlaying a blank image but any thing visible on internet can always be downloaded.

Rajiv© yes; very true

shivanayak will be sending them legal notice if they do not respond back to my email soon.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Lucid Illusions says:

Akshath, check with Suyog of BSB about how he handled his stolen image issue. There was a long discussion about it too, you might find some useful info there ...
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath says:

Rajiv© thanks man; i have posted a detailed post on BSB
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

< Ad > says:

Sue the pants off these thieves. That would teach them a lesson. It would have been easier in US, but in India it is usually an all different story.

Good luck. Keep us posted. Will check back.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

angelograce2004 says:

Good luck Akshath! Your shots are all great
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath says:

thanks | Ad | and angelograce2004

Update: Today I have received a email from the editor admitting that the image was inadvertently used. Will be updating the status soon.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

challiyan says:

Seema K K had similar experience from TOI. we should do something about this.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

freebird (bobinson|ബോബിന്‍സണ്) says:

oh !!! this the 3rd incident in 2 weeks. We seriously have to do something about this.

Seema kk's article is here :

seemakk.blogspot.com/2007/04/dont-embarrass-m e-this-is-sh...

Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Seema K K says:

Hey Akshanth, I'm happy to know that atleast they admitted that much. you should ask them to re-publish the same image as a thumbanil with proper credit. ( which unfortunately didn't happen in my case though I demanded! The editor simply transferred all my correspondance to Times's legal department and they never bothered to reply me! )

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Meghna Sejpal says:

horrible ...needs some strong actions now....

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Rohit Markande says:

that's horrible...you should make them pay for it...
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Chendur says:

this is really unfair to steal....
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

photofixation says:

: Indian media earning a name for themselves these days..!!
Any updates on it further. I think you should sue them. No compensation, just teach them a lesson. I cannot read the language but what is this article about and how picture is related to article.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath says:

Thanks challiyan, freebird, Seema K K, Meghna Sejpal, rohit_markande, Chendur and photofixation for your comments and support.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

akshath says:

Update: Today I have received snail mail (as well apart from email) from the editor of ‘Andhra Jyothi’ admitting that the image was inadvertently used with out obtaining the permission.

They have also published the clarification on the same on 13-Sep2007 edition; Page 3 of the supplement (top left).

Below is the clarification extract from their on-line edition:
clarification extract from Andhra Jyothi

The PDF (download from their e-paper version on their web site can be viewed here (221 KB).

Credits: Thanks to my lawyer and legal adviser - Chetan P Padival for his support and getting closure on this.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Intrudēr says:

thank god!
at least they did taht ... Times of India dint even do that in the other case

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Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Lucid Illusions says:

Congrats on getting them to respond! Its nice to see the organisation take some responsibility for an individuals act.

Sad again that bigger names like The times of India dont even seem to have this much of ethics and values in them.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

AKKUఅక్బర్ భారత దేశ says:

shame shame
i am sorry to be among one of the favourate of particular news paper named..
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Dilip Muralidaran says:

Akshath, this is becoming a rampant problem now. Could you please add this image to Indian Copyright Laws please?

Can you please email me the status of this case now? I fought a case recently and went in for an out of court settlement.

I could probably help with whatever information i have. I'm also speaking with archanasr and twilightfairy whose images have been stolen. It looks like this whole copyright thing is unknown to our press folks.

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Twilight Fairy says:

Did you ask for any compensation as well? It's very convenient for them to just publish a miniscule line in one corner, once the deed is done.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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