On January 5th, 2010, The Independent published a photo as a backdrop to a feature inviting readers to submit pictures of the snow and cold weather. But they never asked the photographer if they could use his work. Newspapers and magazines have of course from time immemorial sometimes used work without either attributing, asking or paying the creators. There are a number of reasons for this, and cock-up is certainly one of them. Were it, say, 197…
Tag: copyright
… Eikoku Not to mention Brussels working towards redrafting the Copyright Directives minimum term for sound recordings to circa 95 years (currently 50) inspite of one member state’s own report (aka the UK) that this would disadvantage our economy….