What if they hosted the image on their own website?Originally Posted by rubah
I would contact them about it.
I would give them lots of hate-mail.
I would leave it alone.
I would blame Eric Bauman.
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What if they hosted the image on their own website?
I have a strict policy: Disclaim it, take it off, or pay in a lawsuit. If you use it, disclaim it. If I ask you to take it off, do so. If you persist I send a lawsuit. End of Story.
Would you really go to the trouble of a lawsuit, especially if your work isn't for professional purposes?
Then they're smart enough to not be mocked. and I'd email them. But I was referring to a conversation we had in #eoff a couple of hours ago.What if they hosted the image on their own website?
on topic, the great Hungarian composer György Ligeti died today at age 83. He was most famous for his compositions <i>Atmospheres</i>, <i>Lux Aeterna</i>, and <i>Requiem</i> that were used without his permission by Stanley Kubrick in the soundtrack to the film <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>. (Ligeti ended up giving Kubrick permission to use his music in laer films such as <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i>.) So sometimes a little free publicity can go a long way, although I'm sure Ligeti would have been happy to get a small royalty check at the time.
It'd depend on the situation. If they gave me credit for it, and it was something I wasn't embarrassed of then I really wouldn't mind. If they said it was their own work or were making a lot of money out of it I'd contact them and discuss my share!
If the person is making money off of it I would allow them to use it as long as they continue to pay me x number of $$$ every time the image is viewed. They don't like it then they can take it down and pay me even more $$$ for it's use. If some is using it as a signature on a web board then I probably would not care. I didn't make my signature and Kubo Tite ain't suing me.
I was told that back in the baroque era having another composer copy your music and use it as their own was one of the highest forms of flattery. If someone were to use one of my melodies, I'd be quite happy, because it meant that someone else valued my work. If they were making money, I'd probably sue them though, because I'd rather make the money if I had the chance. /sellout
I'd probably kill them. That's if they were giving people copies or making money off of it. If they were just showing some people saying 'Look at this, its really awsome!' or whatever then it wouldn't bother me......free advertising
Screw Eric Bauman.
civil law suit, unless they gave me credit
You didn't specify whether they plagiarized or merely showed it. The former? Hit them with threats of violence/lawyers. The latter? Be flattered.
Kick ass, probably.
Signature by rubah. I think.
If someone stole my lame art, or even worse, my stories, and claimed them as their own, I would be pissed off beyond beleif.
I take great pride in my work, so I'd be pretty pissed.
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