ABS CBN Violates Photographers Copyright and Intellectual Property
April 4, 2008 by admin
Why is it that media companies in the Philippines just love to get Photos on the Internet and use them without acknowledging the Photographers involved or giving the Photographers just compensation? It seems like the Internet is an unlimited resource free for the taking… where did they read this.. I want to know.
This happened yesterday april 3.. while at home, he decide to switch on his TV to abs-cbn and chanced upon the show of Boy n Kris which featured a short segment on the Pinatdos Kasadyaan Festival of Tacloban, Leyte. His excitement to see the Festival turned into horror when they started flashing photos.. his photos from his blog one after the other…despite having watermarks of this website.. the photos were cropped to avoid the watermark… when do they ever learn that a photographer has a mental inventory of his photos and can tell if the photo is his if he sees it ( and actually can identfy distinguishing marks on hid photos) .
At the end of the segment no credits and no name of photographer even if the photos were clearly visible with watermarks of his website. tsk..tsk… ABS CBN when will you learn? When will people learn that nothing is free?
My question is how many other photos were used? and who do they belong to?
Here is one of the Photos used.
more on the news and photos used on Eric’s Byahilo.com
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Good post. Bookmarked.