They Used My Photo Without My Permission

I never thought I would fall victim to these widespread photo grabbing activities by big media publications without permission and not even a credit.

Here’s what I discovered today from Inquirer Sports’ “RP chess great in BBC-HBO documentary“. They posted a photo that I took of Asia’s first Grandmaster Eugene Torre during the Battle of GM’s in May 2008.

Here’s the screenshot of the webpage taken some minutes ago (click on the image to enlarge):

Inquirer Sports Took My Photo without Permission


The same photo I originally posted with my article entitled, “Victorious So in the Battle of GM’s“:

Grandmaster Eugenio Torre

I wouldn’t have required compensation for the use of this photo, and any other photos I posted here at Deuts.NET or in flickr. A simple courtesy would have sufficed. These people, it seems, they don’t know how to show respect! They do deserve some whipping…BAD!

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rxtln October 7, 2009 Reply

pre, sikat na mga kuha mu.. tsk tsk sayang!

deuts October 7, 2009 Reply

Ngaa naglain na naman pangalan mo part haw?

Anyway, tani guin baligya ko na lng nuh! hehe. Cguro kay guin kawat man ang mga pictures ko sa amu ni nga event guin post nila sa http://pinoychess.informe.com. Tapos digto na nila cguro sang Inquirer guin kuha.

kheith garingalao October 7, 2009 Reply

you should have made your watermark clearer and bigger. there are lots people who doesn’t know the meaning of courtesy or respect. lesson learned huh?

deuts October 7, 2009 Reply

Yeah, maybe next time I’ll put a big watermark across the face of the subject, just like what they do in PEP magazine. LOL:

rxtln October 7, 2009 Reply

bord, lawlaw ka b mu.. lapit lng to samon ang inquirer, batuhon ta?

iloilo house and lot October 7, 2009 Reply

Based on google cache (on google search type cache:url)

Your url
http://deuts.net/archives/2008/victorious-so-in-the-battle-of-gms.html
crawled last 27 Aug 2009 05:57:54 GMT

Inquirer url
http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20091007-228836/RP-chess-great-in-BBC-HBO-documentary
crawled last 7 Oct 2009 07:34:56 GMT

Dapat teach them a lesson para mabalan nila nga wala sila bastos sila. Libre mo lang ako kung kung may makuha ka. Burger mcdo lng hehehe.

– A. Bustamante

deuts October 7, 2009 Reply

Agu,

Daw mayu business ta haw? hehe

Anyway, damu na actually ang naga gamit sang photo nga na sa mga blogs nila. As a matter of fact, isa ina sa mga highest traffic sa flickr photos ko. Pero mga small time bloggers and chess enthusiast man lng tulad ko. Pero sa Inquirer yah, they should have the resources to take photos like that. And they’re making tons of money from their webpages. Daw indi lng guid sakto ah. hehehe

chiqui November 5, 2009 Reply

sukta bala, su

val October 8, 2009 Reply

galing mo raw kasi kumuha picture kaysa kanila. pwede kang maging freelance ala PETER PARKER

Wilson October 13, 2009 Reply

Kuha ka kasi Jo ng copyright ng mga pictures mo para pwede natin kasohan kung umulit hehe.. sobrang ganda kasi ng mga kuha mo kaya na pipirata..

deuts October 15, 2009 Reply

Hey Mr. Wilson! Now you got a gravatar. How’s your blog doing? Kilala mo ba ung Alessandro Del Piero na nagcomment dun? bakit mo in-approve un?

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