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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: polar on August 23, 2015, 18:39

Title: Using stock photos can cause political trouble
Post by: polar on August 23, 2015, 18:39

Two examples from Canada's current federal election campaign of stock photo usage gone awry:

Not a Canadian family: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-gargoyle-cpc-adoption-ad-presents-stock-photo-of-mixed-race-family-as-adoptive-parents (http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-gargoyle-cpc-adoption-ad-presents-stock-photo-of-mixed-race-family-as-adoptive-parents)

Not a Canadian fish (and the wrong kind to boot): http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-gargoyle-conservative-ad-on-b-c-fishery-uses-photo-of-atlantic-salmon-from-the-u-k (http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/the-gargoyle-conservative-ad-on-b-c-fishery-uses-photo-of-atlantic-salmon-from-the-u-k)

Title: Re: Using stock photos can cause political trouble
Post by: noodle on August 23, 2015, 21:06

This is how "scandalous" Canadian politics get...LOL

Title: Re: Using stock photos can cause political trouble
Post by: polar on August 23, 2015, 21:20

Quote from: noodle on August 23, 2015, 21:06

This is how "scandalous" Canadian politics get...LOL

There's a LOT more to it than that.

Title: Re: Using stock photos can cause political trouble
Post by: jefftakespics2 on August 24, 2015, 16:03

Quote from: noodle on August 23, 2015, 21:06

This is how "scandalous" Canadian politics get...LOL

We wish that was the case!