Comments on: Online Photo stolen used for Earth Day Jam Poster.

By: kristelle

kristelle — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:05:32 +0000

this is the best spoof yet! cosplayers, check this out — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDFCTsppB-o&feature=channel_page

By: Honeybees

Honeybees — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:09:27 +0000

Theft is aweful. Buck Pago, it is wrong to ‘copy and paste’ things off the internet and call them your own. ESPECIALLY if you use it for commercial purposes. Just because you don’t know the person you rob, or you don’t think you will get caught, or the person you are robbing cant afford to put the smack down on you, doesnt make it alright to steal. If this photo was cut out of the latest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, you can bet the organizers would be in some hot water. Do you think Rolling Stone constantly worries about people swiping their photos/articles? I would hate to live in a world where armored underwear would be necessary.

By: Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao: The Blackmage of Art « A Writer’s Point of View

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:14:44 +0000

[...] her art have been stolen before and used for commercial purposes. One such incident was the famous Earth Day Jam 2008 which was held here in the Philippines last april 25th 2008. The company tried to make peace with [...]

By: ABSCBN and Copyright Laws « AverageSanePsychoSuperGoddess

ABSCBN and Copyright Laws « AverageSanePsychoSuperGoddess — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:31:09 +0000

[...] woman in black holding the guitar was stolen from photographer Alodia Gosiengfiao. According to the blogalicious entry on the subject, the production company which used the photograph was Dimitri Productions. [...]

By: Top Online Copyright Violations in the Philippines - How to deal with someone stealing your photos » Blogalicious: a philippine photo odyssey

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:50:59 +0000

[...] Alodia & Tricia vs Dimitriproductions.com – UNRESOLVED [...]

By: Mike Abundo

Mike Abundo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:52:51 +0000

Tell all your friends to boycott Earth Day Jam. Thieves don’t deserve an audience.

By: Rostyslav

Rostyslav — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:21:39 +0000

As jon said one should always respect the creator’s intellectual property rights…
well i suggest you to take necessary actions and if possible sue them….
I am also a photographer and i know how it feels when one stoles our artworks

By: Juan Dela Cruz

Juan Dela Cruz — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:53:26 +0000

Hey Buck Pago,

You might try to consider that not all people are thieves and dishonest. There are still people out there that need not be blindfolded to not take a hundred gran when he knows it isn’t his. There are still people who believe and follow the system and hope that others are still honest too.

I beleive the photographer posted her picture on the net beleiving that too… for other honest people to see so that she can share whatever message she wants to convey. It is so sad that others abused that trust made by the photographer to the people whom she wants to share the photo with (the public). However, suggesting that the photographer “keeps his testicles in an armored underpants” would dampen the spirit of the photographer in sharing the message she wants to convey. We don’t want to be a paranoid because others are abusive. That is why we there is a legal system. Hopefully, justice will be given to the photographer if indeed this is her rightful copyright along with the appropriate relief, and sanctions and penalties be served to the offending parties.

God bless.

By: Mike Abundo

Mike Abundo — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:33:50 +0000

hopefully there’s a happy ending to this story.

The only possible happy ending is Lou Bonnevie paying for that picture.

By: Events Organizer Steals Photograph | LightChasers Photography

Events Organizer Steals Photograph | LightChasers Photography — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:37:53 +0000

[...] Online Photo stolen used for Earth Day Jam Poster. » Blogalicious: a philippine photo odyssey [...]

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:51:45 +0000

Aloida,

I feel sad on what happened to the earth jam poster, as a photographer I know this can easily happen to either one of us, but what you did in the past is not much different, its just this is of a larger scale. Ignorance of the law doesn’t excuse the fact that what you did was illegal, so rather than going offensive on your previous act and take the “I didn’t know it was wrong” attitude, I suggest you suck up to your mistakes so we can all move on and help you with this current situation.

Honestly the first time I heard about the earth jam poster, I was ready to exhaust my means to help out, but after seeing your replies, arrogant at that all I can say is “KARMA”

I really wish you the best of luck.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:18:20 +0000

One should always respect every creator’s intellectual property rights. I also blame the graphic artist for this whole mess.

By: r@ph

r@ph — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:33:54 +0000

hopefully there’s a happy ending to this story.

By: Dae

Dae — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:13:49 +0000

Daniella Valdez,

Before you comment, please set your facts out straight. I never said to them that Patricia was my girlfriend. And I never asked for VIP tickets. I just asked some information about the artists who made the poster but never asked them to give anything in kind.

And I am sure the company has gotten a reply from them.

As of this moment I am contacting the company as the External Vice President of UA&P’s SEB regarding the school’s participation on their event.

Please don’t assume that we are unprofessional or have no experience because of facts that are just made up.

I myself work in a company and I know how things go around.

Please don’t give out false information such as this that would affect all parties and innocent individuals.

Sorry to say, but maybe you should call the organizers so that you would be saying things that are factual. Since you are the one who is being unprofessional.

You can always contact me at dae_mon1@yahoo.com

Thank you.

By: Mariglor "Jing" Gosiengfiao

Mariglor "Jing" Gosiengfiao — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:09:37 +0000

Hi Daniella,
To clear things up, I, indeed, talked to the organizer,Lou Bonnevie, last week and politely REQUESTED(I DID NOT DEMAND) that if it is impossible for them to put down the tarpaulins/posters, because the photo they used was stolen, then probably they could make new ones with Alodia’s head back. As a mother, it saddens me to see a picture of my daughter headless.I did NOT say that my daughter is FAMOUS.The only thing i remember casually telling her was that , Alodia’s website has over a million page views that her friends and supporters have been continuously sending her messages expressing their disgust over the blatant display of her annoying/horrible photo all over the city. Lou must have misquoted me for telling her that Alodia is known in the anime/gaming/cosplay and Deviantart community. I am sorry if I seem to sound like one proud mother but the conversation that transpired was friendly, modest and polite. Again, i emphasize that I DID NOT SAY THAT MY DAUGHTER IS FAMOUS. I also mentioned if they could render a Public Apology to Tricia since she is the Photographer and the rightful owner of the photo in question. But these requests were unfortunately turned down. All they could offer are VIP tickets to the concert and an announcement of the proper credits to be done during the show. I couldn’t divulge any further as Tricia and her lawyer are taking over the driver’s seat on what legal action to come up with after their formal letter was also being ignored. Hoping I made my side clear. God bless!

Mrs. Gosiengfiao

By: Buck Pago

Buck Pago — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:30:41 +0000

I cant stop think ” why these so called photographers whining about their works being stolen.” yes, we have to protect our works, it is our right to, it is us who made it.

there too many thieves out there nowadays, I think we should be more careful.

If we don’t want our works to be stolen, keep it, protect it, just like protecting you testicles by wearing a armored underpants. posting photos in the international network [the WEB] is a dangerous, its like parking our cars with their keys and putting a sign “HEY THERE, DRIVE ME” or putting a hundred gran in the middle of the street and blindfolding yourself so you wont see anything.

we must be responsible on every action that we do. I dont agree on what these thieves did. but, we should all think that things that are happening now are just reactions on what actions we did. never blame anyone but yourself./BP