Comments on: Don’t Steal My Pics Bro! http://www.engageinpr.com/2008/03/24/dont-steal-my-pics-bro/ Engage in social media and PR Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Carl http://www.engageinpr.com/2008/03/24/dont-steal-my-pics-bro/#comment-1028 Carl Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:35:23 +0000 http://www.engageinpr.com/2008/03/24/dont-steal-my-pics-bro/#comment-1028 The picapp service had all my images available for blogging for nothing... no problem apart from the fact that my images were not licenced for that use. Getty (who the images were held with) allowed the blanket use of all images in their library to picapp, even though they were only supposed to allow access to images they "wholly owned". In the meantime, Getty and PicApp were generating revenue from the use of my images through this service, but this revenue does not get passed on to the photographers. What a scam! I'll just keep on investing my time and money into new cameras and equipment and giving my work away for free... while Getty rakes in the revenue. Obviously Getty and picapp need the money more than I do! Seems interesting to note that picapp is owned by PicScout which looks for copyright infringement on the Internet. It's also good to see that the picapp logo is "because a pictures worth..." - "...nothing" in my case! The picapp service had all my images available for blogging for nothing… no problem apart from the fact that my images were not licenced for that use.
Getty (who the images were held with) allowed the blanket use of all images in their library to picapp, even though they were only supposed to allow access to images they “wholly owned”.
In the meantime, Getty and PicApp were generating revenue from the use of my images through this service, but this revenue does not get passed on to the photographers. What a scam!
I’ll just keep on investing my time and money into new cameras and equipment and giving my work away for free… while Getty rakes in the revenue. Obviously Getty and picapp need the money more than I do!

Seems interesting to note that picapp is owned by PicScout which looks for copyright infringement on the Internet.

It’s also good to see that the picapp logo is “because a pictures worth…” - “…nothing” in my case!

]]> By: Bryan Person, BryanPerson.com http://www.engageinpr.com/2008/03/24/dont-steal-my-pics-bro/#comment-985 Bryan Person, BryanPerson.com Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:56:40 +0000 http://www.engageinpr.com/2008/03/24/dont-steal-my-pics-bro/#comment-985 Very cool, Kyle. Now the choice of photo used wouldn't have anything to do with the player's first name, would it? First pitch in a little under 21 hours. Are you ready? By the way, some debate about whether to use #BoSox or #RedSox. The former has one fewer character -- and on Twitter, as you know, every character is precious -- but the latter just feels more right. We'll have to see which one emerges. Very cool, Kyle. Now the choice of photo used wouldn’t have anything to do with the player’s first name, would it?

First pitch in a little under 21 hours. Are you ready?

By the way, some debate about whether to use #BoSox or #RedSox. The former has one fewer character — and on Twitter, as you know, every character is precious — but the latter just feels more right. We’ll have to see which one emerges.

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