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Has anyone else had the United States government steal their photo? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by PirateSeacow@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Has anyone else had this happen to them? I had a D-List celebrity steal one and had a lawyer make them pay up but the US government is a bit of a different beast. I’ve had Cuba and Russia steal it too. I’m not sure it’s worth kicking that hornet nest.

I should probably copyright register it.

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[–] NoHopeOnlyDeath@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't know about the other countries (esp. Russia who has very lax copyright laws), but the US govt probably does it by accident often enough that if you send them a bill for the licensing, they'll probably just pay it to avoid the hassle.

[–] PirateSeacow@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can’t find anything on that and it would appear from what I have found the photos they use are either government produced and not copyrighted or have been assigned to the government and no longer protected.

So that’s a concern too.

[–] stoneyyay@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Good habit is to watermark your work.

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