Copyright infringement
Al-Qabas, www.alqabas.com.kw is a daily Arabic newspaper from Kuwait, that published this picture
(27-3-2007, Page 48). Original picture taken by me is here
flickr.com/photos/cajie/126819043/
I was alerted by my friend, when he sent me a Flickr mail.
UPDATE:
He has posted a better picture at
flickr.com/photos/q80ano/436255495/
Comments and faves
»Şħāм3ăŧ_ĩl_ĸǖŵāĩŦ«- UK [deleted] (63 months ago | reply)
loool...hey Cajie this happened to a few of my q8i flickr contacts and they posted the news article on their flickr pages telling us...i think they're fileing a suit against them..
i'll send you the other flickr members URL who have had the same problem with Al- Qabas....they've been doing that a lot lately.
»Şħāм3ăŧ_ĩl_ĸǖŵāĩŦ«- UK [deleted] (63 months ago | reply)
Here...
www.flickr.com/photos/q80ano/67518949/
www.flickr.com/photos/q80ano/423896157/
www.flickr.com/photos/q80ano/436255495/
It's from Q8e's Flickr page..
enjoy... :p
ArloMagicMan (63 months ago | reply)
congratulation man! its a big achievement you have got , but very sad for wat had happen to you.... !! No Words..... what ever i had to say against al qabas i said it before....!!
ArloMagicMan (63 months ago | reply)
Feras_Malallah [deleted] (63 months ago | reply)
I have the same problem but with Campus mag
-RobW- (63 months ago | reply)
Hmmm. Blatant!
3azeez (63 months ago | reply)
your mistake. you shoudn't have uploaded full resolution pictures. 640*480 is big enough for viewing online.
Cajie (63 months ago | reply)
@3azeez,
I agree, but I actually want people to download and use my photos for non-commercial purpose, which is why I have tagged them under the creative commons licence. Posting a small 640x480 would defeat the purpose of CC licence, as would plastering them with a ugly watermark.
Publications like newspapers, magazines, etc. are EXPECTED to know the basic concept of copyright and intellectual property. If they decide to steal it, all I can do is highlight it to the people concerned. It's not exactly as though I am jumping up and down with fury over this :)
ArloMagicMan (63 months ago | reply)
@3azeez the size of the pictures doesn't matter for them, dont care about the print quality, what they care about how to steal a good pictures, which complete their new papers.
Fstop Mathai (63 months ago | reply)
hi,
I read about what happened on Mark's blog.
Its a shame
.Morning. (63 months ago | reply)
ROBBERS :-@
I'm so sorry for that buddy
Ramaroo Q8 (63 months ago | reply)
1- Taking your photo and using it is evidence of your photo's success. Be happy for that.
2- I think you shouldn't ignore your rights. Papers are increasingly using works of other without their permission because no one is doing anything about that.
radiant guy (62 months ago | reply)
Ms. RaMaRoo...No he shouldn't be happy for stealing his photos, he should drag them to court, they did it to many others before and they will keep doing it.
radiant guy (62 months ago | reply)
BLOGGED :)
blog.radiantguy.com/2007/04/useless-copyright -laws.html
$ydney (61 months ago | reply)
Hey Cajie, that's very sad to hear that. Did you contact the publishers ?