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ELI Forums => Getty Images Letter Forum => Topic started by: Little BigHorn on January 22, 2012, 12:31:28 AM
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Has anyone read this?: http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=3247
Is Carolyn Wright consenting that her legal authority is limited to Nevada in the bottom of this post?
Why doesn't the law require that all web based photos be "read only" files until rights are secured and the photos delivered securely, as a service to the majority who know little about IP law and assume that they are not profiting so what is the issue? Read only files would eliminate this. Leaving web-based photos that can be copied, borders on "abandoned property". If a photo is worth $9000 (this isn't a signed Ansel Adams), then why don't these photographers treat their photos as if they were? I would not leave a $9000 Rolex, outdoors, unprotected, and 2 feet onto posted property....and then when someone comes on the property and takes the watch litigate for theft. Read only photo files would be in the best interest of all sides. How one treats their property, infers their perceived value? If they aren't "trollers", then why do they "bait" the web, when they could market and protect with "read only" files?
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Even if the properties of a file are "read-only", it can still be copied.
"Read only" simply means that the file itself can't be changed or "written to".
Some people/companies don't have an interest in actually stopping infringements.
That's because the monetary settlements that are gained in settlement disputes are very lucrative.
S.G.
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I think the statement refers to the fact that she would not be happy if she had to travel to Arizona ( not Nevada),to fight ths, but I could be wrong.
As for "Read Only" files, as SG stated they can still be copied and once copied they are no longer read only files, and if they are, it is easily changed.
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As far as I am concerned, only dumb people who don't know anybody use Godaddy. I find the way they do business very distasteful and deceiving. I have been forced to deal with them because of other people I helped. In nearly all cases, it was an unpleasant experience.
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Since copyright is a federal law, you can represent people out of your state of jurisdiction more easily and without trouble than with a state law claim. You would still have to be separately admitted to the local federal district court if you wanted to file suit, but copyright law is essentially the same all across the country.