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Thanks for all your pointers and ideas on IP and copyright, I've got a meeting this afternoon to talk about such things with a government body, so now have lots to talk about. also Just spotting this site whilst reading up on copywrite issues http://tineye.com spots where your pictures are showing up on the net. It did not seem to spot all the usages of my images which I know about, but it found a few,(plus a couple that I did not know about). Does anyone know any other sites which offer this service and might do a broarder sweep of the net? Thanks Andrew www.andrewbrooksphotography.com Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:20:54 -0700 From: mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Intellectual Property issues To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Karl Doesn't mean they like the idea of a limited patent anymore than we like the limited copyright time. Its no more fair to them, but that doesn't mean they sit around and pout. Instead they up the price so they feel like they get fairly compensated. You mentioned the drug companies, but that patent is only 17 years. In 17 years they not only have to recoup the cost of developing the drug, proving it works, and getting it approved, they must pay for the cost of all those they attempted to develop that didn't work which is almost all of them. They never produce a nickel. Once in a while they get a bit lucky. While researching a drug for a potential heart medication they found an interesting side effect. The little blue pill was the result and it was found totally by accident and has been a financial bonanza. It also only has a few more years left on patent. A longer patent would allow drug companies to spread those cost over longer periods of time. By being able to do that something drastic could happen. Prices could come down and not up. By the way you mentioned asprin, did you know it was made from the willow tree and willow tea is a very old time tested cure? Now the blue pill is still under patent, but that hasn't stopped others from working and creating new medications to accomplish the same thing. It caused them to look at one solution, and come other with others. Now who should get the rights to your work if not your family??? To me it isn't a government to give away, unless its creator so decreed that is what was to happen. Now if the family argues over it shame on them. Now I agree that far too many people don't stand up for their rights regardless of where. Like the microstock agencies that will pay you $50 for a national publication and people take it. A photograph is easy to take, but there is a difference between a photo and a good photo. Yes there are massive amounts of photos available today. Yet I have no doubt that quality will always stand out.
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