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<blockquote data-quote="carguy" data-source="post: 309059" data-attributes="member: 12521"><p>Just when you think Walmart is low enough, this story hits.</p><p></p><p>Due to my personal experience at local Walmart stores, I can't stand the place. It starts with the worst customer service in the area along with one of the dumbest automotive techs I've ever experienced. Idiots throughout.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.fullsizechevy.com/gmcjoe/smilies/fwalmart.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Your typical copyright infringement involves one photographer stealing another photographer's images, or reproducing copyrighted images without permission. But in this case, it's the largest retailer in the world bullying a small Arkansas studio.</p><p></p><p>Walmart and its founding family, the Waltons, have filed suit against Helen Huff, the widow of Arkansas photographer David A. Huff. </p><p>David Huff's studio, Bob's Studio of Photography, was founded by his late father, Robert A. Huff, in 1946, and created portraits of the Walton family before the expansion of Walmart grew them into one of the wealthiest families in the world. But now Walmart and the Walton family are demanding that Helen Huff hand over those works. </p><p></p><p>The complaint states that they (the Waltons) seek to obtain six or more boxes of photos, negatives, and proofs, alleging that over the years, Bob's Studio retained those items "as a courtesy" to Walmart and their family (they didn't). The complaint further states that the Waltons own intellectual property rights to the photos (they don't). The fact is, under federal law, photographers own the copyrights to their own works.</p><p></p><p></p><p>More: <a href="http://www.ppa.com/ppa-today-blog/inspiration/walmart-files-suit-against-pho.php" target="_blank">Walmart Files Suit Against Photographer's Widow - PPA Today</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="carguy, post: 309059, member: 12521"] Just when you think Walmart is low enough, this story hits. Due to my personal experience at local Walmart stores, I can't stand the place. It starts with the worst customer service in the area along with one of the dumbest automotive techs I've ever experienced. Idiots throughout. [img]http://www.fullsizechevy.com/gmcjoe/smilies/fwalmart.gif[/img] Your typical copyright infringement involves one photographer stealing another photographer's images, or reproducing copyrighted images without permission. But in this case, it's the largest retailer in the world bullying a small Arkansas studio. Walmart and its founding family, the Waltons, have filed suit against Helen Huff, the widow of Arkansas photographer David A. Huff. David Huff's studio, Bob's Studio of Photography, was founded by his late father, Robert A. Huff, in 1946, and created portraits of the Walton family before the expansion of Walmart grew them into one of the wealthiest families in the world. But now Walmart and the Walton family are demanding that Helen Huff hand over those works. The complaint states that they (the Waltons) seek to obtain six or more boxes of photos, negatives, and proofs, alleging that over the years, Bob's Studio retained those items "as a courtesy" to Walmart and their family (they didn't). The complaint further states that the Waltons own intellectual property rights to the photos (they don't). The fact is, under federal law, photographers own the copyrights to their own works. More: [url=http://www.ppa.com/ppa-today-blog/inspiration/walmart-files-suit-against-pho.php]Walmart Files Suit Against Photographer's Widow - PPA Today[/url] [/QUOTE]
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