Copyrighted Fish Images..

[Zoodiver]

I had a pic of my car pop up on ebay one time. I got so many calls asking why people weren't told I was selling it. I was ticked. They guy spun it like it was the real deal for sale.

 

[SteveR]

Nah, nothing for free and I wasn't expecting anything for free. He offered me a discount on the fire eel even though it's still more expensive then most places. As far as the pictures go he said he would give me credit for them in the auction, I told him he doesn't need to do that but he simply needed my permission to use them, which I gave him so all is well.

I have no problem with people using pictures of my fish.. IF.. they get my permission first. It's just the way it should be.

He'd give you credit for pictures in an ebay auction. Man...

 

[dominicolas]

Too bad copyright laws DISAGREE. It is a sad thing nowaday that people have to do everything under the sun to protect their works with the Internet sprawling all over the place...

It is not his fault at all; he should not have to go through the extra work of protecting his pictures, but unfortunately dishonest people force others to pursue actions such as these. I don't mind if people use my pictures, but if people are using my pictures to SELL things, then it is a problem since it is a misrepresentation of sale and that the picture is being used for profit.

If I decide to keep all my money out on the side walk, it's still illegal for people to take it right? So it's not my fault when someone picks it up, right? I shouldn't have to take it off the side walk and put it where people can't take it. That would be absurd.

You really just have to expect to have your pictures floating around the internet when you upload them in the first place.

It seems like the guy using the pictures just assumed that nobody would mind him using pictures as a reference to his fish. Some people have made him out to be some sort of lowlife criminal, but in reality, you guys just need to chill out.

 

[Kioka]

The seller claim all the pictures he used are either public domain or are his own pictures in those auction.

The pictures he used are NOT public domain. Just because you see a picture in Google, it does not means it is public domain. The issue here is not that he was using the pictures for personal use, but rather that he was using the pictures for the point of making sales.

It like those people that think they can get away with plagiarism because the works did not have a copyright notice.

 

[dominicolas]

The seller claim all the pictures he used are either public domain or are his own pictures in those auction.

The pictures he used are NOT public domain. Just because you see a picture in Google, it does not means it is public domain. The issue here is not that he was using the pictures for personal use, but rather that he was using the pictures for the point of making sales.

It like those people that think they can get away with plagiarism because the works did not have a copyright notice.

I understand what your getting at, but I think he just assumed that people wouldn't be pricks about it.

 

[Mudfrog]

I understand what your getting at, but I think he just assumed that people wouldn't be pricks about it.

Well it just seemed logical to me that they would use pics of their own stock.. call me crazy

 

[dmed]

I understand what your getting at, but I think he just assumed that people wouldn't be pricks about it.

I really think that a seller who lifts someone else's pic and uses it without permission is the one being the "prick." It is illegal and unethical to take someone else's image. It's not "ok". It is not fair to the person who created the picture, and it is not fair to the person who is buying the fish because it is usually implied to be from the vendor's stock.

If you post something on the internet, it may become publicly available, but it is not publicly owned. As a university professor, I see this delineation as a BIG problem with young people now. It is DISHONEST to use someone else's work without citing it. I find it particularly dispicable when people lift pictures or text and use it to advertise a product that they are selling for a profit. That is an unscrupulous person that I would not trust in a business transaction.

Would you feel differently if the seller were using an illustration that the OP had drawn??? Or an article that he had written??? Or research that he had done??? Some people seem to think that because it only takes a second to snap a picture that a photo is not as big of a deal. Anyone who has seriously tried to take quality aquatic photos can tell you that it takes a lot of time, patience, and skill.

 

[Mudfrog]

One thing I just noticed.. the two other pictures of wolf fish, both of those were watermarked and have been cropped to not show the watermark. Maybe I should tell this guy to remove my pics because he doesn't seem straight forward when it comes to that.

 

[dominicolas]

One thing I just noticed.. the two other pictures of wolf fish, both of those were watermarked and have been cropped to not show the watermark. Maybe I should tell this guy to remove my pics because he doesn't seem straight forward when it comes to that.

Now that is wrong. Deliberately avoiding giving credit isn't cool.

 

[dmed]

One thing I just noticed.. the two other pictures of wolf fish, both of those were watermarked and have been cropped to not show the watermark. Maybe I should tell this guy to remove my pics because he doesn't seem straight forward when it comes to that.

If there is a description of the fish included, it is probably also plagarized from another site. I would tell him to remove the pictures. Especially since you have already been paid by someone else for the right to use them. Despite what might have been suggested here, the fact that you have been paid to use your images does make you a professional photographer (even if it's not your day job).

If you wanted to let just anyone use your pictures, you could have sold them to a stock photo service, and probably for more money - then anyone who wanted to use them could buy a license to do so.