Sourcing photographs was a donkey’s job in the “good old days”. The digital era has made it infinitely easier, of course, but it has made it even more easy for news organisations—newspapers, magazines, websites, TV stations—violating copyright laws to be caught and shamed.
NISHANT RATNAKAR alerts us to a Flickr group called Indian Copyright Laws that has sprung up. Its express intent is to showcase the work of individuals whose work has been happilly filched by cheapskate companies which should know better, without crediting the original photographer or paying her.
Photograph: courtesy Seema KK, images used by The Times of India on its editorial page
13 April 2009 at 5:56 am
[...] Serif highlights a Flickr group called Indian Copyright Laws that has sprung up to showcase the work of individuals [...]
14 April 2009 at 3:11 pm
Thanks for the Blog. I’m glad to see the group effort i’ve started is paying off. Please report all instances of copyright infringement to this group and upload detailed images and info on flickr. Lets have this up as a collective repository of humiliation for people who manage to get away with things simply because they can.