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An 'Ethics' Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Woodyg3" data-source="post: 748771" data-attributes="member: 24569"><p>I remember reading about someone who had an award winning photo of an iceberg. Someone else produced a RAW file that looked exactly the same to prove it was his photo that had been stolen. Turns out they were both on the same ship and took the picture at the same time. When examined very closely, there was a very slight difference in the perspective of the two photos. EXIF data showed that they were take at the same time on the same date. </p><p></p><p>My only point here is that pictures can, in some cases, be virtually identical by coincidence. Landscape shots will be taken that look identical. People can set up pictures in the studio that look just like someone else's shot without having ever seen it. The sheer volume of photographs taken by the millions of photographers on the planet assures us that very little will actually be totally original, I suppose. </p><p></p><p>Now, to the case of a photo being copied right down to the title, I have to suspect that this was intentional and plagiarism. In that case, I see it as being unethical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Woodyg3, post: 748771, member: 24569"] I remember reading about someone who had an award winning photo of an iceberg. Someone else produced a RAW file that looked exactly the same to prove it was his photo that had been stolen. Turns out they were both on the same ship and took the picture at the same time. When examined very closely, there was a very slight difference in the perspective of the two photos. EXIF data showed that they were take at the same time on the same date. My only point here is that pictures can, in some cases, be virtually identical by coincidence. Landscape shots will be taken that look identical. People can set up pictures in the studio that look just like someone else's shot without having ever seen it. The sheer volume of photographs taken by the millions of photographers on the planet assures us that very little will actually be totally original, I suppose. Now, to the case of a photo being copied right down to the title, I have to suspect that this was intentional and plagiarism. In that case, I see it as being unethical. [/QUOTE]
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