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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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

submitted 10 months 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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[–] ItsFridaySomewheres@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Hello, current US government employee. My agency was sued for a pretty penny some time ago because they weren't doing their due diligence when it came to using images. Every employee now has to take a IP training before they're let loose.

Reach out to their public affairs dept, it'll be taken care of if they're not complete idiots. If they don't comply, make them comply with a DMCA complaint as others have mentioned.