Re: [artshow_photo] Copyright infringement on Facebook

I commented on it on his page and when I refreshed the page the photo was gone, Face book must have jumped right on that.
I wonder how many other photos he has in his gallery are not his.........

----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Trefethen
To: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:24 AM
Subject: [artshow_photo] Copyright infringement on Facebook

Hi Everyone,

Wanted to share some info on a recent copyright issue I am currently having
via facebook.

At the Bayou City Art Festival a visitor to my booth took high resolution
images of my work, and then posted it on facebook in one of his galleries,
and also used it as his profile picture, without any permission from or
credit given to me, the artist.

I don't mind if people take photos of my work if they are going to use it to
make a purchasing decision, with a low res camera or at an angle that you
know they can't reproduce it, but to zoom in and take a close range,
high-res photo of a work and to post it online where anyone can print it and
use it is theft and copyright infringement. This is unauthorized use and
distribution of my Intellectual Property and Copyright Protected work.

Facebook has an automated DMCA form that is really nice to use - nice for
the copyright holder, and probably makes it easier for them to deal with
these things in a procedural fashion.

So I submitted a complaint and I am waiting to hear what they are going to
do about it. I also posted on the offender's gallery that thi sis my work
and he should take it down...I haven't heard back yet.

Anyhow - if you are a facebook user and feel like you want to help please
visit the user's page and let him know he should take the image down.

Here are 2 links to the image that has been posted on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=453190089053&set=a.439517379053.230981.759189053

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=453190089053&set=a.439517379053.230981.759189053#!/photo.php?fbid=449599934053&set=a.449599479053.248545.759189053

Here are links to the original image on my site:

http://galleries.joshtrefethen.com/popular/3/790717017_zNKsC#790717017_zNKsC

Please comment on the users gallery and let him know it is wrong to do this
to artists and photographers.

I will write a blog post soon about this and post a link to it here with
further details and updates.

Regards,

-Josh

http://JoshTrefethen.com
http://twitter.com/joshtrefethen
http://facebook.com/JoshTrefethenPhotography

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