500px owner tried claiming copyright on Black Hole photo

4 years 11 months ago #640394 by Roman Omell
Well that's kind of embarrassing!  I guess his attorneys didn't know about this or thought they could hid behind China high walls.  Who knows.  Surprising still.  


techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/vcg-black-hole-image/


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4 years 11 months ago #640415 by Moe
Ouch, LOL that’s embarrassing


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4 years 11 months ago #640446 by Howard Swanson
Silly dude. Well China rips off just about everything as it is, so why stop there?  


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4 years 11 months ago #640532 by EOS_Fan
Perhaps he took the shot from space?  :huh:  :rofl:


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4 years 11 months ago - 4 years 11 months ago #640535 by Troponin
No one read the article? 

The largest stock photo company in China was selling the image on their site and would only offer the image to anyone inquiring about it. They were trying to make a killing from it. 

Remember that China really doesn’t have laws. Anyone with power/money does whatever they want. Ah, the fresh smell of socialism


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4 years 11 months ago #640681 by Photo Junky
You mean it's the wild wild west?  BIG surprise!  :pinch:


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4 years 11 months ago #640684 by Nikon Shooter

Troponin wrote:  Ah, the fresh smell of socialism



I think you meant some other word, here…
but I get your drift! :)

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 11 months ago #640688 by Overread

Nikon Shooter wrote:

Troponin wrote:  Ah, the fresh smell of socialism



I think you meant some other word, here…
but I get your drift! :)


:rofl:  I think the rest of the world get's the drift about this.  


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4 years 11 months ago #640703 by GaryA

Troponin wrote: No one read the article? 

The largest stock photo company in China was selling the image on their site and would only offer the image to anyone inquiring about it. They were trying to make a killing from it. 

Remember that China really doesn’t have laws. Anyone with power/money does whatever they want. Ah, the fresh smell of socialism


Sounds like the US president to me ... socialism requires cooperation and rules, corruption requires a lack of rules and laws. 

There are photographs everywhere. It is the call of photographers to see and capture those images.
www: garyayala.com

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4 years 11 months ago - 4 years 11 months ago #640752 by icepics
And, I think even though China has elections the communist party is the ruling party. They still have state TV too I think. Not that surprising that the stock photo company owner expected to be able to get away with doing this (but it made me shake my head!). I hope if people were still using 500px since it got sold that they removed their pictures from the site. At least, I wouldn't want to be using it anymore.

Sharon
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4 years 11 months ago #641569 by Troponin
Y'all missed the point because China doesn’t really have laws. Did you all not know that? You’re comparing the US like you dont


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