COPIED
Hey, I saw your pictures on your
I liked the photo of the deer in the woods!
The Next day…
website yesterday!
Thanks!
I took that
I went all the way out into the countryside with my bike!
one just yesterday …
Meanwhile on the other side of Japan…
Tim, is this familiar to you?
Yawn‌ What?
Huh? Why is my photo shown here?
I didn’t apply for this contest!
Somebody else must have taken
But who could have done that?
my picture without permission!
It says this picture was taken by Mr. Regis...
Maybe from my website? Better try to contact
How did he find my picture? him; maybe the newspaper publisher can help…
Hello? Is this the Copyright Times? I’d like
Can you tell me Mr.
to talk to the person responsible to the
Regis’ phone number?
section “Photo of the month” on page 5?
What? You can’t? But he stole my picture and entered for the contest! I tell you!
I don’t care if you don’t know if he minds if you share his contact with me!
Each day, such copyright infringements happen somewhere in the world.
*Sob* what did I do wrong?
Copyright is listed in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as article 27.
One of the most extreme cases
The RIAA (Recording Industry
of copyright infringements
Association of America)
happened in the US.
demanded Limewire to pay up to $75 trillion after an infringement.
The conflict settled down after LimeWire paid RIAA $105 million, although the RIAA wasn’t satisfied.
Not all the time are copyright laws regarded by people; this is mainly why such cases happen and the numbers of victims are rising. We need to respect other people’s work and notify them if we use them in any way.