Posted by Scott Buckel on September 25, 2007 at 1:10 AM
Hi,
My fiancee is works for Childrens Hospital of LA and she asked me for some help. They have been working to set up a new vision institute within the hospital and during the last three years of discussion, they have been using a sunset photo, that the donors really, really like as a concluding slide in presentations. This image was grabbed from the web over three years ago and used in poerpoint in the presentations ever since. Now, I have been asked if I could track the image so they could license it for use in future fund raising.
Now, I have no real idea of how to track down this image as the original user does not have any idea where they found it. I would really like the find the copyright owner so they can get compensated.
I copied the image into PS and the file info menu was completely empty. Here's a link to the image: CHLA-Sunset
This experience has told me to make sure my copyright info is in any photo I put on the web.
I'm open to any suggestions you may have.
Scott
Posted by Richard Wong on September 25, 2007 at 2:23 AM
"This image was grabbed from the web over three years ago and used in powerpoint in the presentations ever since." Might not be such a good idea financially to locate the photographer in that case if it was copyrighted...
Posted by Carl Battreall on September 25, 2007 at 1:44 PM
I would find a new image, there are millions of fantastic sunset images, plenty of them right on this website. Search NPN, find a new one and support the community. Just a suggestion.
Posted by Scott Buckel on September 25, 2007 at 6:38 PM
Carl and Richard -
I think finding a new one is a great idea and I have even suggested it. But, they seem to really like this one. I would prefer them to use one of mine . . .
Believe me I have suggested it, but I have giving it a good try to help them out. We'll see what happens.
Thanks,
Scott
Posted by Walter Rowe on September 25, 2007 at 7:30 PM
Tell them what legal ramifications there may be if you do find the original author of the image. Over three years, how many times presented, to how many people? If the original author really wanted to sock it to them, they could do so. I would suggest taking another photograph just like it, but that too would represent infringement as it would be duplicating a piece of art to avoid paying for use of the original.
Too bad the original EXIF and metadata have been stripped out. I always leave that information intact just for such purposes.
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4 repliesMy fiancee is works for Childrens Hospital of LA and she asked me for some help. They have been working to set up a new vision institute within the hospital and during the last three years of discussion, they have been using a sunset photo, that the donors really, really like as a concluding slide in presentations. This image was grabbed from the web over three years ago and used in poerpoint in the presentations ever since. Now, I have been asked if I could track the image so they could license it for use in future fund raising.
Now, I have no real idea of how to track down this image as the original user does not have any idea where they found it. I would really like the find the copyright owner so they can get compensated.
I copied the image into PS and the file info menu was completely empty. Here's a link to the image: CHLA-Sunset
This experience has told me to make sure my copyright info is in any photo I put on the web.
I'm open to any suggestions you may have.
Scott
I think finding a new one is a great idea and I have even suggested it. But, they seem to really like this one. I would prefer them to use one of mine . . .
Believe me I have suggested it, but I have giving it a good try to help them out. We'll see what happens.
Thanks,
Scott
Too bad the original EXIF and metadata have been stripped out. I always leave that information intact just for such purposes.