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# So was the Mail this morning.
It was Beau Bo D'Or who did the up liberty's skirt wasn't it? Tag chopped again.
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:21, archived)
# Is there a lawyer round here?
(Steve - AKA: Steve, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:22, archived)
# Aye
& a copyright one at that.
(Reindeer, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:30, archived)
# I thought it was....
But on comparing both 'shopped pics, the one in the 'Mail this morning is a poor copy of Beau's attempt.
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:23, archived)
# MTV
do the same thing with 'mash-up' MP3s - get one of their in-house shitgibbons to copy something someone else has put together, but make it shit.
(Wong Fei-Hung - now with added flickr.com (see profile), Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:23, archived)
# Indeed.
Compare, and contrast.
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:28, archived)
# 'tis
an infringement
(Reindeer, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:31, archived)
# How so?
It uses two completely different source pictures to create a similar image - yes, but they could be argued to be different enough to consitiute a conincidence/inspired by.
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:38, archived)
# Perhaps
both artists were inspired by the song "Statue of Libery" by XTC
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:51, archived)
# The difference is
MTV will get permission from the copyright holders of the songs first.

So technically, they are in the right.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:31, archived)
# yup
might be worth watermarking the picture itself rather than just a tag.
(I helped save b3ta! Plomien is Polish for flame, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:23, archived)
# brilliant
tag it & watermark "cunt"
(the guru, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:24, archived)
# No-one's likely to steal mine, I reckon.
Though I might do some self promotion... send them an email from a fake address saying 'Wow, check this site [link to site here]'. :P
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:24, archived)
# Do it to the Sun top 10 viral page
They'll use them, or the lycos viral chart.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:28, archived)
# If you have a hard to remove watermark
then nobody will use your picture at all - they'll just pic something simpler to use.

I would rather have my stuff printed without credit than not printed at all. Which has been the case so far.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:25, archived)
# i reckon
all pictures should be watermarked with a goatse - that'll stop those damn papers
(Fwap Attack, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:26, archived)
# You haven't thought that through had you?
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:27, archived)
# so far
nearly all of the people I know who have had a picture taken are quite chuffed about it.

I would be.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:28, archived)
# Ditto - I'd be bouncing around all day! :P
(I helped save b3ta! CaroWallis, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:31, archived)
# If they nicked one of mine
I'd take it as conclusive proof that the media really are a bunch of fuckwits :)
(I helped save b3ta! Attila the Bun is not in a right cunt of a mood, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:36, archived)
# chuffeder
with a few quid to say ta for the valuable commercial property & thanks for helping us make cash from your wit and sillyness
(Reindeer, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:34, archived)
# If you got money for the picture
would you then seek out the owners of the source pics you used and offer to give them their fair share?
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:38, archived)
# And it's all led to Slim getting a couple of interviews
and some offers of paid work. I'd say it's all positive for those concerned really.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:28, archived)
# Indeed
the people who have had pictures used are not the ones who are complaining.

I am thinking about Slim and Sick_Boy as prime examples.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:30, archived)
# I think we should all just add faded layers with B3TA.COM
Slap bang accross the centre of all our posts..


The fannyspunks!
(I helped save b3ta! Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Tue 6 Jul 2004, 17:24, archived)