HVX 200 Pictures

StrongDotGuy said:
The pictures posted by 10s to start this thread were not Panasonic press release photos. They were pictures taken by Camcorderinfo.com staff at the press conference and are proprietary to Camcorderinfo.com. In addition, the quote on the press release was copied exactly from at post I made on the Camcorderinfo.com HVX200 forum board. There's enough legimate information available now to the press that copying info from another site is not necessary. If you want to link to our article, that is one thing. But, to copy and post the information as if it is yours is stealing and a violation of copyright. I think that DVXUser.com is above that kind of behavior.
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And come on! how many visitors had camcorderinfo.com since those photo post and the reference to camcorderinfo. As I understand there have been not a commercial use for those pictures. I mean, no money profit it comes after that post to dvxuser but to camcorderinfo after that visitors peak.
So what's the problem?
 
Copyrights are broken when people assume credit for someone elses work... I don't see anyone saying "I wrote this" or "I took this picture". Worst case scenario; anyone who quoted or used an image should say where it's from, but I think that may be a bit extreme just for a bunch of guys on the internet trying to compile and share information with one another.
 
Legally, that's actually not quite true, dj.

Yes, the author(s) of copyrighted works should be credited when their works are reproduced somewhere, but they may not be reproduced at all in the first place unless the authors give consent, except for short quotations, e.g. in a book review.

Regardless of how extreme it may seem (and it does) in this context, the concerned so-and-sos were right to complain if the photos were taken by them. It would have been prudent for them to put a copyright notice of those photos, but they were under no obligation to do so.

Regarding the press release written by Panasonic, not only can it be reproduced, it is also meant to be, and as widely as possible, for that is indeed the purpose of a press release !
 
Monglane said:
Legally, that's actually not quite true, dj.

Yes, the author(s) of copyrighted works should be credited when their works are reproduced somewhere, but they may not be reproduced at all in the first place unless the authors give consent, except for short quotations, e.g. in a book review.

Regardless of how extreme it may seem (and it does) in this context, the concerned so-and-sos were right to complain if the photos were taken by them. It would have been prudent for them to put a copyright notice of those photos, but they were under no obligation to do so.

Regarding the press release written by Panasonic, not only can it be reproduced, it is also meant to be, and as widely as possible, for that is indeed the purpose of a press release !
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Thanks for clearing that up. :grin:
 
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