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

I had a politician in Chile use my photo for a major campaign. Thousands of billboard prints, who knows how many online ads...

Turns out Chilean copyright law was written before the internet existed and hasn't been updated since, they really don't have a way to address online image theft. After a bunch of talks with lawyers I had to just walk away.