tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post5835382512253120581..comments2023-10-18T09:35:55.767+02:00Comments on LUDWIG'S ROHRSTOCK-PALAST: Copyright InfringementLudwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-72219818088663359982012-08-12T12:57:46.354+02:002012-08-12T12:57:46.354+02:00@ Donpascual:
Good to hear that it worked out afte...@ Donpascual:<br />Good to hear that it worked out after all! As you know, it often also takes me quite a while to reply to e-mails. After all, this is just a (albeit time-consuming) hobby and I have lots of other obligations as well.Kaelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108718924415630397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-69469584342078945182012-08-09T14:34:55.054+02:002012-08-09T14:34:55.054+02:00@ Kaelah and Ludwig,
I have to take back my accus...@ Kaelah and Ludwig,<br /><br />I have to take back my accusation. In fact, it took the people I wrote to a while to answer, therefore my post. But in the end, they welcomed our intention to use pictures and trailers for our own site and, at the same time, for advertising a wonderful spanking site to a large group of spankos.Donpascualnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-70729757471435275282012-08-07T20:04:01.606+02:002012-08-07T20:04:01.606+02:00@ Stan/E.:
I never had any problem with you using ...@ Stan/E.:<br />I never had any problem with you using our pictures! Quite the contrary, I am always happy when you pick up on one of our posts. I would prefer the pictures without watermarks, too. But unfortunately, that seems to cause even more copyright infringement. As far as I know, none of the pictures that were used without a watermark on Tumblr had been taken from your site. The Tumblr bloggers cropped out the watermarks themselves in order to make it more difficult for viewers to find out where they had taken the pictures from and whether they committed any copyright infringement by using them.<br /><br />@ Simon:<br />There definitely isn't any easy solution when it comes to the general problem. In case of the kinky pictures it would be quite easy, though. The video producers and I think most kinky bloggers as well don't have any problem with their pictures being reposted, as long as the watermarks aren't cropped out.<br /><br />@ OurBottomsBurn:<br />Yes, I remember that you wrote about the problem of copyright infringement a while ago! I assume that placing a watermark right over the area of interest is a good way of preventing copyright infringement. The problem is that I often invest lots of time in taking and editing pictures, and I don't want to make them look less nice by placing a watermark right in the middle of the picture. That's why I have decided to place the watermark on the top or the bottom of the pictures. But of course that comes with the risk of people cropping it off.<br /><br />@ Prefectdt:<br />I think that Tumblr is well aware of the problem but not really interested in encouraging their users to be careful about copyright infringement. They react very fast when they are told about copyright infringements, so that no one can accuse them of not doing anything about it. But I assume that most Tumblr bloggers only use Tumblr because reposting pictures is so easy and they don't have to think about things like copyrights.<br /><br />And those who are aware of possible problems often seem to come to the conclusion that covering up copyright infringements by cropping out watermarks is the best way of dealing with them. I just came across a series of pictures which I assumed could be from Paingate / Whipped Women. A little section of the picture had always been copied and pasted over another section of the picture (where the watermark had been). I searched for one of the pictures and indeed found out that it was from Paingate. Another example that made me sad and angry because it was so obvious that the watermark hadn't been cropped out for aesthetic reasons but covered in order to make it more difficult to see where the pictures came from.<br /><br />@ Ana:<br />Wow, that is indeed the worst case scenario! If any of my pictures or statements were used in the context of such a kind of propaganda, that would be horrible. Was there anything you could do about it?<br /><br />@ Donpascual:<br />It's sad that this happened to you! But, as Ludwig already said, people don't even have to ask us whether they can use our stuff, as long as they don't change the meaning of our posts, don't make any profit with the things that we have published for free and give proper credit. I have to admit that I can also understand people whose copyright policy says that they don't want any of their stuff used by others. After all, it is their stuff and they invested a lot of time into it. It would be nice to inform others about such a policy, though, so that they don't take the time to ask and then wait for an answer which they never get.Kaelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108718924415630397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-12574278943931155702012-08-07T04:34:46.395+02:002012-08-07T04:34:46.395+02:00I have to agree with Kaelah and Ludwig and say tha...I have to agree with Kaelah and Ludwig and say that, while it is courteous, there is no obligation to respond to requests to use material. In fact, in the past I have put out a blanket statement saying that all requests should be assumed to be rejected *unless* I responded. It can take a great deal of time to reply to everyone who asks.Anahttp://governingana.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-16337620784413619212012-08-06T23:00:05.508+02:002012-08-06T23:00:05.508+02:00@ Donpascual: Well, that is unfortunate. However, ...@ Donpascual: Well, that is unfortunate. However, Kaelah and I, for instance, don't even insist that others ask for permission before reposting our free pictures or videos. We are happy about others reposting our work as long as it is for non-commercial purposes and credit is given to us by providing a link to the blog and leaving the watermark intact. As long as these conditions are met, people don't even need to explicitly ask us for permission.<br /><br />The thing that is really annoying is when other people repost one's freely shared work without even giving credit to the source. That was the main point Kaelah was making in her post.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-2971818249972072002012-08-06T13:13:09.797+02:002012-08-06T13:13:09.797+02:00You might be very polite and ask whether you may u...You might be very polite and ask whether you may use pictures and explain in length what you are planning to do - and don't get an answer at all.<br /><br />That happened to me.Donpascualnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-90862611840491003672012-08-06T10:39:12.223+02:002012-08-06T10:39:12.223+02:00I don't do pictures and don't enjoy Tumblr...I don't do pictures and don't enjoy Tumblr much, but I can empathize with people taking stuff without credit. One of the worst things that has happened to me, though, is someone taking something I published online (through a credible source that used my words appropriately) and then using it as a flagship for his racist propaganda...obviously twisting and totally misunderstanding/misappropriating my words. I can just imagine how frustrating it is to find people pilfering your work, especially for profit.Anahttp://governingana.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-88478403812665634962012-08-05T22:14:06.724+02:002012-08-05T22:14:06.724+02:00I would be two faced if I totally condemned Tumblr...I would be two faced if I totally condemned Tumblr blogs, as I have one myself. It is one I use for work and has saved me the bother of having to haul round a bag full of SD cards, for picture references. So they do have their positive uses.<br /><br />The general "Everybody else is doing this, so why should I bother" attitude that I see from many Tumblr bloggers is very disturbing though. Is there nothing that Tumblr can do to encourage their users to credit other peoples efforts, I wonder?<br /><br />I do get a bit worried sometimes that Tumblr is an internet fad that will kill of a lot of real blogs.<br /><br />On my main blog, my policy is to credit and link the blog or site where I got any pictures from, whenever possible, even if I know this is not the original source. With the philosophy that it is the responsibility of the other blogger or source to credit and link their source.<br /><br />PrefectdtSpankedhortic IIhttp://spankedhortic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-28099570894503377482012-08-05T14:27:33.076+02:002012-08-05T14:27:33.076+02:00I started putting a watermark right over the area ...I started putting a watermark right over the area of interest. That's slows them up.Our Bottoms Burnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365742469460740718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-55291880790096165972012-08-05T13:46:41.094+02:002012-08-05T13:46:41.094+02:00I enjoy looking at some Tumblr sites but I do find...I enjoy looking at some Tumblr sites but I do find that some of the comments can be offensive,extremely misogynistic and cause me to worry about the compilers state of mind. With regard to copying of pictures etc I agree with Ludwig that it is a problem that is only going to get worse. However I can't help feeling hypocritical about the issue as I enjoy looking at the pictures and not having to pay for them. That's part of the problem in that we have all come to expect seeing, hearing and reading stuff for free despite knowing that someone has had to produce it presumably at some cost however small. In the end I can't see an easy solution.Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-68695852217256443632012-08-04T19:18:07.370+02:002012-08-04T19:18:07.370+02:00The subject of copyright in the digital age, where...The subject of copyright in the digital age, where everything can be copied infinitely and with perfect quality at the touch of a button, is obviously a very complex one. We're going to see the debates about it continue for a long time.<br /><br />Regardless of where one stands on the issue of copyright law, big business politics and so on, I think everyone who looks at the issue from a wider perspective can agree that the world wide web is creating an ever-growing free-for-all mentality and a sense of entitlement that are, at the very least, problematic. Many people seem to have lost all respect or even understanding for what it means to be the creator of a work or the originator of an idea, and that, in my view, is not healthy for a society.<br /><br />It's especially frustrating when people are being blatantly hypocritical. Filesharing "pirates" think nothing about infringing a commercial video producer's copyright and illegally sharing all their videos, but when another pirate uses their links without giving credit, many of them get all huffy and mad. "Hey, those were my links!" Nothing like a good double standard, is there?<br /><br />Kaelah and I don't make any money from our blog, our pictures or our videos. Even when we do the occasional "professional" shoot for a site like <a href="http://dreamsofspanking.com/" rel="nofollow">Dreams of Spanking</a>, we decline to be paid. We do what we do because we enjoy it, not for any material gain. We publish various pictures and videos for free, some of which take considerable time and effort to make, and we are happy when people repost our work. But we expect others reposting our work to do us the common courtesy of giving credit to the source.<br /><br />When you like a picture or a video enough to repost it, that is the least you can do.Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975294529532823252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-616982860776135414.post-71934591988646685192012-08-04T18:55:08.472+02:002012-08-04T18:55:08.472+02:00Dear Kaelah, you know that I sometimes used some o...Dear Kaelah, you know that I sometimes used some of your lovely pics in the past, always linked. And that I never forget the ©... I must confess that sometimes too, i remove marks on the picture (an esthetic reason only) but I have to write then the name of the site. The problem in that case is that the changed picture can be used everywhere by everyone and so, people discovering cannot have the original adress.<br /><br />well, those Tumblr are nice for pics, of course, but that's all... there are without text and that's too bad because what people write is part of my pleasure.Stan/E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18277032166261511531noreply@blogger.com