image theft - somewhat off

Peter Franks peter.scaevola@gmail.com
Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:13:20 PDT

Hi Leo

"People in all cultures all over the world understand stealing is wrong.
This includes people in eastern Europe and people from developing
countries."

Puts me in mind of another instance of image theft some years ago but under
different circumstances. An Australian orchid grower had published an
illustrated book. He found soon after that his images had been lifted by the
postal service of a west African country without his consent. His images
found new life adorning their stamps!

Peter in soggy Sydney, Australia

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From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Leo A. Martin
Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2014 9:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [pbs] image theft - somewhat off

People in all cultures all over the world understand stealing is wrong. This
includes
people in eastern Europe and people from developing countries.

The fact that somebody would go to the trouble of removing the
photographer's watermark
and replacing it with their own, pretending the image is their own, proves
they
understand they are stealing. If they are willing to steal other people's
images and
replace identifying information with their own, they are not going to be
honest in
business, either.

All a person has to do is request permission from the original author, who
will often
agree. The author's name is clearly shown on the PBS Wiki, along with
contact
information for those maintaining the Wiki. If the author refuses permission
to use the
image the person needs to find the image somewhere else.

Leo Martin
Phoenix Arizona USA






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