Copywrite and law changes

[ericmark]

This New change to UK law has been brought to our attention (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/). In the past camera club competitions have required meta data to be removed to ensure noisy judges can't find out who it belongs to. I think this will now need to stop. Some of what is said does not seem to make sense as far as registry goes and likely there are bits missed out with the report. Writing my web pages where I want to show a picture belonging to some one else I use a link. This way the owner still has the option to remove the image. However unless one reviews pages regular it is easy for one not to realise when link is lost. As a result many forums prefer to have the image hosted by themselves as the sysops will not be checking for lost links. The new rules likely make it easier for forums to import photos linked to so links are not lost.

The report does seem odd in other ways why should UK based companies be pushing a UK government to change things before they get the US to change so I would think there is some biased reporting but worth taking note anyway.

[Realist]

That sounds ridiculous, they're going to make people afraid to post photos on the internet. It's a shame that they're making backward progress.

[ericmark]

It would seem that way but I wonder if the report was trying to scare people and missing out some details?

[Realist]

It would seem that way but I wonder if the report was trying to scare people and missing out some details?

You never know. The media is all about trying to shock people in order for them to keep watching or reading.

[kevinobrien]

I think you will find there is a bit more to it than you think. British photographers are fighting through the courts at the moment to stop images from being stolen on the internet, Photographers in the UK are dead against the new Orphan laws and I think they are about to win the case. I don't understand it all but its to do with keeping total ownership/copyright, exif data etc to your images and not letting third parties use them and the owners having to prove it's theirs afterwards. Example: facebook removes all exif data from your images when you post them. (this is why I put a copyright symbols across my images) the new laws will allow anyone to use your images because there is no information who it belongs to. In fact its making it legal to steal your images. Now do you still disagree Realist? The article that is attached to this post it pretty good really and it does explain in some detail what is happening, it definitely is not scare mongering. As for using peoples images for their blogs, what's wrong with a simple email asking the owner if it's OK to do so. The problem today is people think they have the god-given right to use anyone's images how they wish, just because they are posted on the internet doesn't make it a free for all to use anyone's images.

[Realist]

Well that's a good clarification on the article. Just glad there's people willing to fight the legal battle to stop things like this.

[kevinobrien]

There are Realist. It's our livelihood at stake. Professional photography has already taken a real hammering and it's time the industry stood up to these people who just want to make a quick buck from anyone they can. I wasn't getting at you by the way, this subject is really close to my heart and I went off on a bit of a rant there lol.

[Realist]

There are Realist. It's our livelihood at stake. Professional photography has already taken a real hammering and it's time the industry stood up to these people who just want to make a quick buck from anyone they can. I wasn't getting at you by the way, this subject is really close to my heart and I went off on a bit of a rant there lol.


No hard feelings, I didn't fully understand it at first, but you clarified it well for me.