Comments on: Independent Copyright Theft

By: Documentally

Documentally — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:21:06 +0000

Those following the conversation at the time will know that the Independent finally paid up after I made an awful lot of calls and sent an invoice.

By: adam Mercado

adam Mercado — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:03:06 +0000

Conversely to my earlier flame comment, this post is brilliant and intriguing. The Phread was great

Despite what I said earlier, I have a crapload of respect for your photography. Hope these guys dont rip you off again.

peace brother
@influxx

By: Kari the Herbalist

Kari the Herbalist — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:11:34 +0000

I can’t believe they actually said they couldn’t get in contact with you because whoever stole your picture didn’t put your name on the photo! Incredible! Thanks for sharing this ordeal…well done.

By: Amul Kumar

Amul Kumar — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:47:30 +0000

You should invoice for your phone calls as well.

By: nicholas butler

nicholas butler — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:24:32 +0000

With luck this whole story will be reprinted in the Guardian but without crediting you. Which gives you a whole other set of Blog content , videos and income source.

By: Giannii

Giannii — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:07:24 +0000

Wow dude…… This has to be the 3rd time now? People really have no regard for content and credits. Fight the good fight D.

By: Otir

Otir — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:17:08 +0000

Good for you Christian, for the brilliant way you’ve handled this frustrating situation.

And most of all, your sharing tips and tricks with your fellow photographers, warning professional as well as amateur on how to avoid being taken advantage of should earn you much much more than the few quids you certainly didn’t steal back given the amount of time and nerves the whole stuff has taken from you.

I’ve always appreciated your sharing but do not always take the time to thank you for it (well, you share so often, that maybe it would be a full time activity for me to ackowledge it each time).

And for commentator Albert above, I’d say that I personally like the video system you’re using, however I can understand his feeling that it would be counter-intuitive, but intuition is a very subjective notion, as I have always found it very intuitive myself, so I am probably a counter-example here.

However, maybe now we should think of how we could share those testimonies on the standalone player of Phreadz without alienating non accustomed users, shouldn’t we?

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:39:18 +0000

Well handled, Christian. However, can’t say I like the video system you’re using – it’s counter-intuitive and I got quite lost trying to navigate it.

Albert.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Thank you for bringing attention to this. Excellently handled. Good Luck!