Why all the pussy-footing around with these guys? Righthaven, Gibson, and Mangano, severally, have lied to the courts at several points. Each of these is a FELONY, by state and federal statutes. Why isn't the company disbanded, and why aren't the principals in prison?
Mike:
You might want to contact National Geographic's legal department on this. They have implemented and used several animal-triggered photo sessions in the mag, and thus probably have answered the legal questions.
However, in those cases, the cameras and trigger devices were set up by the photog. The images weren't taken by an animal in physical posession of the camera, so it may not apply.
I'm sorry to take a radical position, BUT, the only way to stop this nonsense is to stop the companies to begin with. The only real way to do that is to stop buying plastic music/films entirely. That will eventually shut down the companies and end the crap that's going on. Do I think it will ever happen? Not no, but Hell no. Sure would be nice, however. We don't really need them anyway, so why put up with them?
I did a Google for "Film badge dosimeter" and got many hits for services that charge $69 PER YEAR for dosimeters and development/reading services. Pretty cheap for personal safety.
What I don't understand is why this farce continues to eat up judicial time and taxpayers money. Somebody should just toss everyone at Wronghaven into the pokey and throw away the key.
You folks are missing the point. THe image produced by the artist CAN NOT be generated by simple mechanical copy/pixelation. There are too many differences in the face especially. That image was hand drawn by an extremely talented artist, and very well done at that. There are too many differences between the original image and the details in the face such as the size and position of highlights and shadows, and the size and position of facial elements.
IMHO, the artist has a definite case against the law firm that jumped Mr. Baio for "infringement". Copying by hand is not infringement.
Mr. Baio should get hold of someone like the EFF to review the case and see if they will help him defend it. He's right and the law firm (read copyright trolls) is wrong.
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You might want to contact National Geographic's legal department on this. They have implemented and used several animal-triggered photo sessions in the mag, and thus probably have answered the legal questions.
However, in those cases, the cameras and trigger devices were set up by the photog. The images weren't taken by an animal in physical posession of the camera, so it may not apply.
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IMHO, the artist has a definite case against the law firm that jumped Mr. Baio for "infringement". Copying by hand is not infringement.
Mr. Baio should get hold of someone like the EFF to review the case and see if they will help him defend it. He's right and the law firm (read copyright trolls) is wrong.
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