George Zimmerman stole photo

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Moab Man

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I don't know that this is ripping off a photo to me. I would like to hear from others if they think it is and why.
 
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carguy

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ABC just can't stand the fact that justice prevailed in the case of George Zimmerman. Shame on the media outlets for the behavior before, during and after his trial. This is trivial at best.

Just look at the headline "Trayvon Martin Shooter" Give me a break.
 
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hark

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Aside from who he is (George Zimmerman) and that his story garnered media attention, would any of you consider it stealing when anyone takes a photographer's photo and turns it into a painting to sell? Let's say the person wasn't George Zimmerman, is the act itself stealing a photo? :confused:

It's one thing to pass off another photographer's work as your own, but when it is turned into a painting and no credit is given to the photographer, where is the line drawn?
 
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Scott Murray

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I as a painter/photographer would not use anothers photo with out permission.
"A painting made from a photograph is known as a derivative work. You need to check the copyright situation of the photo.
The photographer, usually holds the copyright to the photo and, unless they've expressly given permission for its use, making a painting based on a photo would infringe the photographer's copyright. In terms of US copyright law: "Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to authorize someone else to create, a new version of that work." You may be able to obtain permission to use a photo for a derivative work from the photographer, or if you're using a photo library buy the right to use it."
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Moab Man

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Scott Murray said:
I as a painter/photographer would not use anothers photo with out permission.
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I finally figured out how I can best explain why it's not ripping off to me. It's like the Andy Warhol picture of the Campbells soup can. Was that ripping of the Campbells soup can art? To me it wasn't.
 
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Deezey

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An artist still has to recreate a photo in a different media. So you can't really say they ripped off your photo. Just like if you took a photo of their sculpture/painting....they can't come after you for photographing their work....we as photographers wouldn't want that right?

This is a debate that will cut both ways and have no winners.

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