HOLY #@*&$! Everything's just changed!

[jbigfoot]

The image that Getty is skewering me over is the sleeping polar bear and penguin with cymbals. We've all seen it.

So I tried Tin Town, Tin Ear, or whatever that site is that searches for images. It yielded over a thousand hits, which I expected. And the first page is what I expected...this image appears on the blog sites of the usual suspects.

However, what I didn't expect is this:

https://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/elizamarlow/gGMK3K

 

How 'bout that: it's on the official web site of the election campaign of the President of the United States! Granted, it was uploaded by a blogger not associated with the campaign; but don't they have people who check this stuff?

I guess this is my opportunity to perform a public service, pro bono, for my country. I'll make it easy for Getty by supplying them with the next address for one of their letters...1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.

Ah, I feel so patriotic.

[ruinedmyday]

User submitted photo and the site has a registered DMCA agent:
http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/o/obama.pdf

Getty can't do anything.

[Oscar Michelen]

Correct

[jbigfoot]

User submitted photo and the site has a registered DMCA agent:
http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/o/obama.pdf

I don't understand this document or what it means.

[Jerry Witt (mcfilms)]

Simply stated, it means if you own a site that allows other people to upload content, and you have filed a DMCA agent, you have certain protections. Is one of your users has uploaded an image, the copyright holder must notify you and request that you take it down.

This is very different (under current law) from a site owner who uses an image directly.

[jbigfoot]

Thanks for the info, Jerry.