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Posted: 1/12/2012 10:19:47 PM EDT

See my post from 2010 here: http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=121&t=520913

See the theft of my same picture by www.firearmblog.com here: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012/01/11/cav-arms-ip-sold/

My image on their server:

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:20:09 PM EDT

[#1]

Ok.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:21:38 PM EDT

[#2]

Have them burn it to a disk an mail it back. It's the only way to be sure they didn't clone it.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:22:02 PM EDT

[#3]

To be fair, if you go around drunk texting pics of your cock to everyone eventually one is going to wind up on the interweb.

P.S. Try zooming in next time, it will look bigger.

ETA: Awe the joke doesn't work now that you added the pic and info.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:22:47 PM EDT

[#4]

Informative thread is informative.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:22:47 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Have them burn it to a disk an mail it back. It's the only way to be sure they didn't clone it.

this ask for the original back.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:24:19 PM EDT

[#6]

If you want to, send an invoice. It's typical to charge 2x what would normally be market rate when they don't ask first. A program on the Discovery Channel used one of my AI-AW photos without my consent and the company that did the production cut me a check for quite a bit of money.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:26:08 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
If you want to, send an invoice. It's typical to charge 2x what would normally be market rate when they don't ask first. A program on the Discovery Channel used one of my AI-AW photos without my consent and the company that did the production cut me a check for quite a bit of money.

What is normal market rate?

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:28:03 PM EDT

[#8]

Depends on what it was used for and what you could have used it for.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:29:30 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Depends on what it was used for and what you could have used it for.

Is $0.87 fair?

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:32:49 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Depends on what it was used for and what you could have used it for.

Is $0.87 fair?

Come in at $0.87 ^ 87, then negotiate down. Though seriously, if you don't mind its use but want acknowledgement, send a message asking for it to be added. Otherwise ask that it be removed.

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:36:16 PM EDT

[#11]

So, are you going to sue? Every self respecting liberal would sue them for using a picture you posted in a public forum.................

Posted: 1/12/2012 10:57:54 PM EDT

[#12]

POOP COLORED AR of sorts in a POOP THREAD

Posted: 1/12/2012 11:11:09 PM EDT

[#13]

How exactly can they steal something that you've still got?

If it's not watermarked, it's fair game ... if it is, you're still a dick for complaining about it.

Posted: 1/12/2012 11:12:21 PM EDT

[#14]

*Right click, Copy Image Location, Copy Pasta....EVERYWHERE*

Posted: 1/12/2012 11:12:54 PM EDT

[#15]

at least they didnt steal the pink one

Posted: 1/12/2012 11:52:33 PM EDT

[#16]

Just contact the blog owners and either get credit for the pic or get them to take it down. I think they're paid bloggers, so ask for some cash, as well. Theft is theft. That is theft, and they know it.

Posted: 1/12/2012 11:54:29 PM EDT

[#17]

Not to be a dick or anything, but I wouldn't lay claim to that rifle

Posted: 1/13/2012 12:02:17 AM EDT

[#18]

I've had it happen with images I've posted on here.

Posted: 1/13/2012 12:16:15 AM EDT

[#19]

Take it as a complement.

Posted: 1/13/2012 12:25:10 AM EDT

[#20]

Its a crappy snapshot...it's not worth much, but the copyright is yours to do with as you please. Send them a DMCA notice if you want to go through the trouble, or, print screen and use it as a coolness factor tearsheet...

Posted: 1/13/2012 12:25:23 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Take it as a complement.

this

seriously.

Posted: 1/13/2012 12:49:28 AM EDT

[#22]

Not sure if serious...

Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that you can send them a cease and desist, and if they don't, you can sue them for whatever money they've made off your image.

Aside from not having a juris doctorate, I am also not a qualified financial adviser (though I did have a Series 7 and Series 66 before), but I have a feeling the money you'll spend on legal fees trying to seek financial compensation from this blog will pale to whatever payout you could possibly get. "Squeezing blood from a rock" is the term that comes to mind

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:12:52 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
How exactly can they steal something that you've still got?

If it's not watermarked, it's fair game ... if it is, you're still a dick for complaining about it.

That's really not how IP laws work. At all.

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:15:48 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:

How exactly can they steal something that you've still got?

If it's not watermarked, it's fair game ... if it is, you're still a dick for complaining about it.

That's really not how IP laws work. At all.

This really a subject I know nothing about. Cleff notes?

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:18:55 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
How exactly can they steal something that you've still got?

If it's not watermarked, it's fair game ... if it is, you're still a dick for complaining about it.

That's really not how IP laws work. At all.

This really a subject I know nothing about. Cleff notes?

Intellectual property –– copyright, trademarks, all that stuff. Marking your creations with your name, a copyright, etc. is a good idea, but just because it's not there doesn't make it fair game.

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:26:50 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:

How exactly can they steal something that you've still got?

If it's not watermarked, it's fair game ... if it is, you're still a dick for complaining about it.

That's really not how IP laws work. At all.

This really a subject I know nothing about. Cleff notes?

Intellectual property –– copyright, trademarks, all that stuff. Marking your creations with your name, a copyright, etc. is a good idea, but just because it's not there doesn't make it fair game.

Do you have to file a copyright?

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:30:14 AM EDT

[#27]

http://www.devtopics.com/how-to-file-a-dmca-complaint/

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:33:07 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
How exactly can they steal something that you've still got?

If it's not watermarked, it's fair game ... if it is, you're still a dick for complaining about it.

That's really not how IP laws work. At all.

This really a subject I know nothing about. Cleff notes?

Intellectual property –– copyright, trademarks, all that stuff. Marking your creations with your name, a copyright, etc. is a good idea, but just because it's not there doesn't make it fair game.

Do you have to file a copyright?

You don't have to file anything –– you automatically hold copyright the moment you create something. Filing with the Copyright Office only puts you in a better position for taking legal recourse in the event of infringement.

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:35:56 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:
How exactly can they steal something that you've still got?

If it's not watermarked, it's fair game ... if it is, you're still a dick for complaining about it.

That's really not how IP laws work. At all.

This really a subject I know nothing about. Cleff notes?

Intellectual property –– copyright, trademarks, all that stuff. Marking your creations with your name, a copyright, etc. is a good idea, but just because it's not there doesn't make it fair game.

Do you have to file a copyright?

I photo is "copywrited" as soon as it's taken. You can register your images with the copyright office, but it's not nessasary (it helps if you want to get paid)

Posted: 1/13/2012 1:43:17 AM EDT

[#30]

Posted: 1/13/2012 2:10:07 AM EDT

[#31]

They did ask to use my image before they posted it. I was happy to let them use it.

Too Cute

Posted: 1/13/2012 2:56:23 AM EDT

[#32]

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:03:47 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

They did ask to use my image before they posted it. I was happy to let them use it.

Too Cute

Thats one of the coolest photos I've seen in a while. I like the fact that her jacket it covered in "peace" symbols.

Peace through superior firepower

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:03:59 AM EDT

[#34]

Perhaps they were loOking for the shittiest photo they could find in the hope that the photog would be too embarrassed to claim
it

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Posted: 1/13/2012 3:08:41 AM EDT

[#35]

It's stunning that they did not have a tier one photo editor send you a 4 page contract for that

fine example of image creation. Awesome use of white balance, dood.

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:10:51 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Perhaps they were loOking for the shittiest photo they could find in the hope that the photog would be too embarrassed to claim
it

Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile

I was actually thinking this.

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:15:36 AM EDT

[#37]

I have had several ofmy pictures copied from here . I figured it was fair game once I put them in the public domain it's funny where you find them.

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:16:29 AM EDT

[#38]

Considering my life's work happens to be intellectual property, that kind of thing would piss me off too.

I wouldn't expect money from an amateur blogger like that, but insisting on credit wouldn't be out of line.

The domain/servers are from godaddy.com. If contacting the guys who run the blog doesn't help, go higher.

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:32:47 AM EDT

[#39]

Call Righthaven, right after making your bed

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:38:46 AM EDT

[#40]

Meh, I've had photos posted without permission or credit. Now I just watermark everything.

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:46:53 AM EDT

[#41]

Ask them to pay you for it with a drawing of a spider.

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:49:42 AM EDT

[#42]

Guns on beds, yuck

Posted: 1/13/2012 3:56:45 AM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:

Guns on beds, yuck

Maybe he has no white tile floor.

Posted: 1/13/2012 4:06:01 AM EDT

[#44]

It really depends, on some sites in the legal disclaimer you can read that they own the material you post for so long a time.

Posted: 1/13/2012 4:13:42 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

It really depends, on some sites in the legal disclaimer you can read that they own the material you post for so long a time.

Not on photobucket, if it is a private gallery you retain ownership.

Posted: 1/13/2012 4:18:39 AM EDT

[#46]

Right Click

Save... there I stole it too. Gonna sell that sucker on the eBay and Craigslist...

Posted: 1/13/2012 4:20:51 AM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Depends on what it was used for and what you could have used it for.

Is $0.87 fair?

Come in at $0.87 ^ 87, then negotiate down. Though seriously, if you don't mind its use but want acknowledgement, send a message asking for it to be added. Otherwise ask that it be removed.

How can you negotiate down from $0.0000054?