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Photography is f$cked. From Tony Sleep. Originally on the EPUK list. “The quaint notion that the author has prime and…
via duckrabbit: http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2010/02/photography-is-fcked-this-is-not-a-joke/
The end game is now in sight. The Digital Economy Bill introduces orphan works rights, which – unless amended, which HMG says it will not – will allow the commercial use of any photograph whose author cannot be identified through a suitably negligent search. That is about 90% of the photos on the internet.