I just learned about Pilfered Magazine, which accepts images that are stolen from the web and publishes them. Occasionally they credit the creators (when it’s convenient to do so), and they never pay for content. From their About page:
PILFERED is a place where artists, photographers, designers, and the inspired can submit their favorite visuals pilfered from the web to share with one another. Founded on the spirit of web democracy, and built to aid in communicating ideas and concepts, PILFERED Magazine aims to assist in speaking the thousand words – visually.
The editors defend their blatant flouting of the intellectual property rights of the creators of their content with the statement:
Its founders, artist Patrick Hoelck and creative director RUDJ, together with their team (Nate “Res” Harvey & Mia Van Valkenburg), have in the past spent hours surfing the web to put together presentations for various commercial ad and editorial jobs…and noticed the hours it took to gather images and felt it was time to have a massive image collective shared by the people, for the people. The goal was to make this process easier and a lot more community oriented and fun.
Their concept is greatly offensive to artists of all kinds. They believe that artists should create content and send it out into the world for the benefit of everyone without any kind of compensation but the pleasure of a credit, and perhaps a link to their Flickr stream or website. Then, the artists should go back to work at horrible, low paying jobs without health insurance or retirement benefits, to try to scrape a few pennies together to pay their bills.
.I am holding my breath as I wait to see them shut down, to see their staff sued, and see the Copyright laws rewritten to be more appropriate and enforceable for a digital age. Plenty of people are working on copyright issues, for example, The Copyright Alliance:
The Copyright Alliance believes that copyright law promotes creativity and job creation and strengthens the U.S. economy. Those who create, render, and publish copyrighted works rely on the copyright law and its enforcement, for their creative and financial success. Without it, these creators would likely cease to exist, or at the very least, cease to produce these important works that are enjoyed by billions of people around the world.
Our shared belief in protecting copyrighted creative works brings together in the Copyright Alliance a broad panoply of parties, from artists’ unions to major publishers. A sweeping swath of creative works are represented, from songwriters to photographers, motion pictures to videogames, recording artists to graphic designers, software developers to sports leagues.
We are committed to promoting the cultural and economic benefits of copyright, providing information and resources on the contributions of copyright, and upholding the contributions of copyright to the fiscal health of this nation and for the good of creators, owners and consumers around the world.
The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the value of copyright as an agent for creativity, jobs and growth. It is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Membership fees and contributions are not tax deductible as charitable donations. However, membership fees may be deductible as ordinary business expenses under IRC Section 162. Please consult your tax advisor.
Address:
Copyright Alliance
1224 M St. NW Suite 301
Washington, DC 20005
Contact us by email:
info [at] copyrightalliance [dot] org
I recognize the slope is slippery in every direction, that the communal sharing and admiring of creative work is inspiring and leads to new creation. Unless we can establish some sort of communal support for the creators, they (we) have to find ways to support ourselves. At present, that means we have to put limits on how our work can be used, and we have to be compensated for all of the uses.
GHTime Code(s): eb2b1
Pilfered Magazine
I just learned about Pilfered Magazine, which accepts images that are stolen from the web and publishes them. Occasionally they credit the creators (when it’s convenient to do so), and they never pay for content. From their About page:
PILFERED is a place where artists, photographers, designers, and the inspired can submit their favorite visuals pilfered from the web to share with one another. Founded on the spirit of web democracy, and built to aid in communicating ideas and concepts, PILFERED Magazine aims to assist in speaking the thousand words – visually.
The editors defend their blatant flouting of the intellectual property rights of the creators of their content with the statement:
Its founders, artist Patrick Hoelck and creative director RUDJ, together with their team (Nate “Res” Harvey & Mia Van Valkenburg), have in the past spent hours surfing the web to put together presentations for various commercial ad and editorial jobs…and noticed the hours it took to gather images and felt it was time to have a massive image collective shared by the people, for the people. The goal was to make this process easier and a lot more community oriented and fun.
Their concept is greatly offensive to artists of all kinds. They believe that artists should create content and send it out into the world for the benefit of everyone without any kind of compensation but the pleasure of a credit, and perhaps a link to their Flickr stream or website. Then, the artists should go back to work at horrible, low paying jobs without health insurance or retirement benefits, to try to scrape a few pennies together to pay their bills.
.I am holding my breath as I wait to see them shut down, to see their staff sued, and see the Copyright laws rewritten to be more appropriate and enforceable for a digital age. Plenty of people are working on copyright issues, for example, The Copyright Alliance:
The Copyright Alliance believes that copyright law promotes creativity and job creation and strengthens the U.S. economy. Those who create, render, and publish copyrighted works rely on the copyright law and its enforcement, for their creative and financial success. Without it, these creators would likely cease to exist, or at the very least, cease to produce these important works that are enjoyed by billions of people around the world.
Our shared belief in protecting copyrighted creative works brings together in the Copyright Alliance a broad panoply of parties, from artists’ unions to major publishers. A sweeping swath of creative works are represented, from songwriters to photographers, motion pictures to videogames, recording artists to graphic designers, software developers to sports leagues.
We are committed to promoting the cultural and economic benefits of copyright, providing information and resources on the contributions of copyright, and upholding the contributions of copyright to the fiscal health of this nation and for the good of creators, owners and consumers around the world.
The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the value of copyright as an agent for creativity, jobs and growth. It is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Membership fees and contributions are not tax deductible as charitable donations. However, membership fees may be deductible as ordinary business expenses under IRC Section 162. Please consult your tax advisor.
Address:
Copyright Alliance
1224 M St. NW Suite 301
Washington, DC 20005
Contact us by email:
info [at] copyrightalliance [dot] org
I recognize the slope is slippery in every direction, that the communal sharing and admiring of creative work is inspiring and leads to new creation. Unless we can establish some sort of communal support for the creators, they (we) have to find ways to support ourselves. At present, that means we have to put limits on how our work can be used, and we have to be compensated for all of the uses.
GHTime Code(s): eb2b1