Cheesecake
Senior Member
well... seems like what i said didnt made it through either.
make a stand or not doesn't matter, i would have to agree with knoxknocks comment here
"making sure the other party can pay before you decide on how you want to go about claiming damages "
make sure they can pay first... whats the point, when u open fire and the other party cant fire back, handicapped and time wasted.
thing is sometimes. and my point is, mistakes do happen, and sometimes we need to understand why are they doing this rather.
i am also a full time designer, and i must say, i have works copied from top head until bottom tail 1:1 replica and name changed, and what can i say ? nothing.... nothing i do will change the fact that the fellow copied my designs and paste it in his portfolio on a open community. (coroflot)
Copyright Laws although have been taught in media schools, but they are not stressed or even reinforced. ask any media students they say the same thing.
But anyway. those who know me, will know i am a very peaceful person, most of the time believe in giving chances and etc etc....
i guess for Mr. knoxknocks case, besides going with a justice hammer, the next hardest thing u can do is.... speak to him with the bottom of your heart. Let him know how disappointed and angry you are with his actions, and the rest i guess i do not need to say. i know i used this approach while dealing with my junior designers, and it worked pretty well, wake up their ideas and proved effective. What i am providing is an alternative besides all the letters and court and etc etc... seriously sometimes in singaporean mindset, anything they cant settle or got too worked up, they most common thing they will ever say is "see u in court" "wait for my lawyer letter" "i sue u" personally i believe all these doesnt work on a long term perspective, but instead will cause so much hatred that i don't know, i mean speaking from the heart, once the fellow enters court, he is almost as good as banished, and super bad damage done, so unless someone wants to ruin that poor fellow.... well i've gt nothing to say.
i suggestion is still a peaceful solution, and hope everyone is ok and fine. thats all. i hate to see photogs kill each other and wanting their heads on the table. seriously... even if u wanted to make a stand, also not at a expense of another photogs head or their family's rice on the table right ?
peaceful solution i'd say...... give piece a chance.
MM Lee said "I believe this is a honest mistake, and we all should learn from it, Life goes on, and we must continue to remain vigilant and remember to not be complacent about our homeland security"
2 rupiahs worth...
i can't help but feel that u have a warped logic about this whole issue!
the victim has somehow become the bad guy, just becos his fotos were somehow stolen from him and used by another party?
how did it come to be this bad, in ur eyes? do u even have any idea how bad this might affect knoxknocks and the industry?
holy crap, i can be just an absolute newbie and jus take someone else's fotos and claimed that they are my own, post them in my portfolio and bring in a few deal myself, regardless of the end result becos a deal's a deal.
easy $$.
and if every fotographer is as 'compassionate' as what u have advocated, holy crap, then i dun mind taking someone else's works and pass them off as my own and earn a few grand at their expense becos i will know that i won;t get slapped on the wrist even if the original fotographer found out becos they are just going to have a 'sincere heart-to-heart talk' with me.
at most, i'll take another fotographer's work the next time round, rinse n repeat!
what you have suggested is outright insane, crazy and absolutely disgusting. hit where it hurts most and that is the wallet.
get the offending party to pay for their mistake and maybe post a public apology on the papers, detailing what they have done wrong.
now, this course of action, they will truly learn.
i support knoxknocks and all other fellow fotographers who might have met with the same unfortunate incident, to take their case to court and sue the offending party and get their rightful compensation.
i am beginning to suspect that you might be one of the alleged fotographer. hopefully i m wrong.
u give them a chance, then who will give u urself a chance?
Be KINDER to yourself!