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11/16/2012 12:19:27 AM · #1 |
Fashion designer stealing photography for his fashion line-up, not wanting to admit it. Good read, scumbag designer.
//www.sweeteventide.com/2012/11/chris-benzs-spring-2012-line.html |
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11/16/2012 01:23:42 AM · #2 |
He did so too! Unbelievable that he could deny it.
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11/16/2012 03:32:50 AM · #3 |
| Oh crap. That really sucks! |
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11/16/2012 04:00:57 AM · #4 |
I read through the whole story and made the following observations:
- Any evidence to support her case may have been there, but way to low-res to be convincing to me. She didn't seem to do a good job of clearly showing it was her photo, but I'll give the benefit of the doubt and assume I missed something because all the commenters seem to be convinced.
- It's not as clear cut case as an image of a person or something more specific than a bunch of flowers, so I would think she'll have a hard time proving it. She may get lucky and get a settlement, though.
- That designer guy is like the like most like annoying like person I have like ever like listened like to. >:/ Aaaack.
- I completely and utterly fail to understand fashion (stop acting so surprised!). All of his stuff looks hideous to me.
- Lastly, I wonder how he could have used a (presumably) low-res copy of that image for all those things - the dresses, tote bag, shoes, print and web ads, etc.
This story reminds me of the dogs picture used in a book - I think Brent_S posted it awhile back. Not sure how that turned out, but I have similar feelings regarding the photographer or "victim" becoming so obsessed with justice that they nearly ruin their lives and for what?? I do hope she gets whatever it is she deserves in this case, but I hope she doesn't ruin her life pursuing that. |
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11/16/2012 06:05:24 AM · #5 |
| Nothing unclear to me, he obviously used her picture... |
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11/16/2012 02:11:55 PM · #6 |
After a lot of back and forth between her picture and the picture of the tote bag, I think that yeah, he probably used her picture, or at least used a drawing of his own based on the picture, and it was stupid of him to not offer her a few hundred dollars up front for the rights. But to play devil's advocate, I think the picture is a pretty ordinary shot of a bouquet of flowers lit with a softbox, and the designer isn't exactly doing anything that will hinder the protographer's ability to make money off of the shot herself. If it were me, I'd send a strongly worded letter from a lawyer, then get on with my life.
I did a shoot of therapy dogs for a local hospice once. I did the shoot for free and gave the hospice rights to use the image in their promotional materials, but kept the copyright myself. One of the dog owners used the best shot of the bunch as the cover of a book she wrote about her dog. She must have gotten the image from the hospice, because I never gave it to her. I found this out when I went to Barnes and Noble, there was a stack of books on the table inside the entrance, with my picture of her damn dog, blown up to poster size. The book gave photo credit to her husband. I was incensed for about a day, then realized that I wasn't going to use the shot for anything except my pet portfolio, and the book was clearly more of a vanity effort than something that was going to become a best seller, and I just walked away. It wasn't worth the trouble. |
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11/16/2012 03:46:46 PM · #7 |
The quality of the image isn't the point. The idiocy of using someone else's image without asking permission or offering compensation, especially by such a high profile individual, is. Pathetic.
And like, Art, like I TOTALLY, like get what you're like, saying. DUDE! Your hair is PINK! |
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11/16/2012 04:31:12 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Ann:
I did a shoot of therapy dogs for a local hospice once. I did the shoot for free and gave the hospice rights to use the image in their promotional materials, but kept the copyright myself. One of the dog owners used the best shot of the bunch as the cover of a book she wrote about her dog. She must have gotten the image from the hospice, because I never gave it to her. I found this out when I went to Barnes and Noble, there was a stack of books on the table inside the entrance, with my picture of her damn dog, blown up to poster size. The book gave photo credit to her husband. I was incensed for about a day, then realized that I wasn't going to use the shot for anything except my pet portfolio, and the book was clearly more of a vanity effort than something that was going to become a best seller, and I just walked away. It wasn't worth the trouble. |
You could make Xerox copies of her book, put them on a table at your shop or some public place with a for sale sign on them and invite her there for tea. ;-) |
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