Author Topic: Google giving photos away free for commercial use and iStock agrees (Read 298436 times)

Poncke · « **Reply #1050 on:** January 24, 2013, 14:55 »

Holy f%ck thats mental

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #1051 on:** January 24, 2013, 14:56 »

What a bunch of miserable hypocrites!

They can't get iStockreseller.com taken down after months and they can send a takedown notice to a site because it's proving useful to contributors who are trying to fight their outrageous rights grab in selling redistribution rights to Google?

The only time they move quickly on anything...

Just sent out a tweet on this - let people know what they're up to. A little public shame never hurt:

#iStock issues DMCA takedown for image thumbs in the scummy #Getty/#Google deal-so we can't track them http://bit.ly/WXbJul

dcdp · « **Reply #1052 on:** January 24, 2013, 14:59 »

Quote from: Blammo on January 24, 2013, 14:53

It is legal, this is pure bully tactics from Getty.

I don't suppose you can make a Google Docs document with all the images?

jjneff · « **Reply #1053 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:02 »

If I could host it now I would!!!

Blammo · « **Reply #1054 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:03 »

To the person behind http://kga.me/ if you have an interest in sharing the code I will be more then happy to pay you for you´re service and run it on my own server.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1055 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:12 »

http://mikeyounglaw.com/web-lawyer-dmca-copyright-infringement/

StanRohrer · « **Reply #1056 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:20 »

Quote from: Blammo on January 24, 2013, 14:38

The http://kga.me/ site has gotten a DMCA takedown notice.

Corporate Counsel at iStockphoto, Ronald Lo, issued a DMCA takedown notice (Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:17 AM PST). I respectfully obliged (Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:11 AM PST).

Here are a couple of other places you can use to find out if your images were involved in the Google Drive stock image deal: 1. Text list 2. Text + Image list

More information regarding Google Drive's stock images:

http://kga.me/dmca-20120124.html

The good news is iStockphoto has the legal people on the job. This is more than we could learn from the forums!

The bad news is he may not be shooting very straight. Maybe it just all scatter shots to see what he can hit.

Watch to see what other site references disappear now that this target has been hit. It might prove interesting who they are going after.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #1057 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:21 »

Take a look at my new picture on my user_view page

ShadySue · « **Reply #1058 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:32 »

Quote from: sjlocke on January 24, 2013, 15:12

http://mikeyounglaw.com/web-lawyer-dmca-copyright-infringement/

Great find:
"According to Google, more than half of the DMCA complaints it receives involve businesses targeting competition. Here’s the key stat: 37% of the claims were bogus. In other words, just because someone claims you’re violating the DMCA doesn’t necessarily mean that you actually are. So there’s no need to panic if you receive a DMCA complaint."

cypher · « **Reply #1059 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:35 »

Quote from: Blammo on January 24, 2013, 14:38

The http://kga.me/ site has gotten a DMCA takedown notice.

Corporate Counsel at iStockphoto, Ronald Lo, issued a DMCA takedown notice (Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:17 AM PST). I respectfully obliged (Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:11 AM PST).

Here are a couple of other places you can use to find out if your images were involved in the Google Drive stock image deal: 1. Text list 2. Text + Image list

More information regarding Google Drive's stock images:

http://kga.me/dmca-20120124.html

I don't know the full reason this site was asked to come down, but my guess is that part of the reason might have been that each thumbnail had a link to the full sized image. Those links may have been problematic.

It sure would be nice if at the bare minimum if the site could continue showing some of the stats (like how many images are currently available in Google Drive).

disorderly · « **Reply #1060 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:39 »

Quote from: jsnover on January 24, 2013, 14:56

Just sent out a tweet on this - let people know what they're up to. A little public shame never hurt:

#iStock issues DMCA takedown for image thumbs in the scummy #Getty/#Google deal-so we can't track them http://bit.ly/WXbJul

Send me a link to your tweet so I can retweet it.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1061 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:40 »

Linking is not illegal.

http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/linking-copyrighted-materials

"The most straightforward case is so-called "deep linking," which refers to placing a link on your site that leads to a particular page within another site (i.e., other than its homepage). No court has ever found that deep linking to another website constitutes copyright or trademark infringement. "

Poncke · « **Reply #1062 on:** January 24, 2013, 15:40 »

Quote from: disorderly on January 24, 2013, 15:39

Quote from: jsnover on January 24, 2013, 14:56
Just sent out a tweet on this - let people know what they're up to. A little public shame never hurt:

#iStock issues DMCA takedown for image thumbs in the scummy #Getty/#Google deal-so we can't track them http://bit.ly/WXbJul

Send me a link to your tweet so I can retweet it.

If you search hashtag #istock you will find it straight away

Poncke · « **Reply #1063 on:** January 24, 2013, 16:26 »

Is deep linking legal? http://www.linksandlaw.com/news-update47-district-court-deep-linking.htm

Some judges dont think it is. But I think these days, sites like Flickr allow it, it probably is.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1064 on:** January 24, 2013, 16:49 »

That was 2006. The entire point of the internet is linking. If Google is making no effort to hide the content, there is no issue, imo.

Poncke · « **Reply #1065 on:** January 24, 2013, 16:53 »

Quote from: sjlocke on January 24, 2013, 16:49

That was 2006. The entire point of the internet is linking. If Google is making no effort to hide the content, there is no issue, imo.

I agree, hence the second part of my comment

Just throwing all available info out there so we can make a well informed judgement on Getty's latest move.

Blammo · « **Reply #1066 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:18 »

New information regarding the DMCA takedown for http://kga.me

http://kga.me/dmca-20120124.html

ShadySue · « **Reply #1067 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:19 »

Quote from: sjlocke on January 24, 2013, 16:49

That was 2006. The entire point of the internet is linking. If Google is making no effort to hide the content, there is no issue, imo.

So if someone lifts one of your photos that they have found on some site and puts it on their website, they're stealing. No question.
But if someone hotlinks to one of your photos and puts it on the same place on their website, it's OK?

ShadySue · « **Reply #1068 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:21 »

Quote from: Blammo on January 24, 2013, 17:18

New information regarding the DMCA takedown for http://kga.me

http://kga.me/dmca-20120124.html

I didn't realise that your first name only constituted a legal signature!

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1069 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:22 »

Quote

The registrant for the domain at issue (www.kga.me/gds/) is hosting thousands of copyrighted digital images and other media content at his/her site. Such materials are the copyrights of iStockphoto and its affiliate Getty Images. Evidence of such infringement is readily transparent as pointing one's cursor over any copyrighted material reveals the source of such images (i.e. iStockphoto or Getty Images) and each image has a file number to which corresponds to our database.

Well, they've stated themselves that the source of the content is off-site, and linking is not a crime, so.... And pointing a cursor points only to Google, not Getty or iStock. I'm not sure what the claim is here.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1070 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:24 »

Quote from: ShadySue on January 24, 2013, 17:19

Quote from: sjlocke on January 24, 2013, 16:49
That was 2006. The entire point of the internet is linking. If Google is making no effort to hide the content, there is no issue, imo.

So if someone lifts one of your photos that they have found on some site and puts it on their website, they're stealing. No question.
But if someone hotlinks to one of your photos and puts it on the same place on their website, it's OK?

No, there is a difference between mere linking (ie, pointing to another piece of content), which is what was on the site, and inline linking (including the content on your page). I'm not sure if there is a huge difference, but there is a difference.

http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/linking-copyrighted-materials

Blammo · « **Reply #1071 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:27 »

Poncke · « **Reply #1072 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:30 »

Quote from: Blammo on January 24, 2013, 17:27

Quote from: ShadySue on January 24, 2013, 17:21
Quote from: Blammo on January 24, 2013, 17:18
New information regarding the DMCA takedown for http://kga.me

http://kga.me/dmca-20120124.html

I didn't realise that your first name only constituted a legal signature!

Not sure what your on about, but i have nothing to do with the site, wish i had though.

Ron the istock lawyer only signs with his first name. Its on the link you posted yourself

Poncke · « **Reply #1073 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:31 »

They are saying he hosted content on his server, which is untrue. So if he files a counter DMCA he can put all content right back up.

aspp · « **Reply #1074 on:** January 24, 2013, 17:31 »

Quote from: sjlocke on January 24, 2013, 17:22

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Such materials are the copyrights of iStockphoto and its affiliate Getty Images

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