|
|
Did Bryce commit
copyright infringement?
Or was it his publisher's fault?
You Decide!!! Vote Yes / Vote No |
|
 |
|
|
Now you decide!
Is this copyright infringement? Vote
YES |
Vote NO
|
Your Votes are constantly being counted!
| Keep voting! We will post your input
ASAP. "How do you like
them apples, Cooper Square?" |
|
|
|
|
Junior college
librarian Robert Bryce
(or his publisher) proclaims him a "...widely
regarded leading authority..." (regarded by whom?) but I believe he doesn't
know what photos are public domain, from Henson's original book, and
which ones are digitally re-mastered by Widget Magic. So much for
being an authority, eh?
Being, in reality, only a junior college librarian one would think Bob would know
that you can't simply copy photos out of a book and then go sell them;
that is illegal.
Taking material without permission from a copyright source,
claiming it is your own, then selling it is called copyright infringement.
It is a violation of Federal law.
|
How did this happen?
Bradley Robinson created the first restored edition of A Negro
Explorer at The North Pole © 2000. He put the text in electronic
form so that it could be typeset, sent over the Internet, etc. This
had never been done before. All other editions had been, and Robert
Bryce's 2001 editions still is, mere facsimiles. That means they are
photocopies of the pages from another copy - not actually typeset at
all. It was anticipated that some person would steal the text Bradley
rendered (the PDF is given away on this website) and use it
to publish the book. This was fine with Bradley as he wants
to see Matt's book in wide distribution. But taking his work without
permission and selling it is specifically prohibited .
Look at the example above. Bradley changed the photos
that Matt used in his 1912 version (far left) with a special one.
Others are merely cropped and the
text caption has been re-typeset, but several are completely different.
Bryce or his publisher used, without permission, 7 of
our photos in the Cooper Square edition of A Negro Explorer at The North Pole.
Each one is a direct copy made from the © 2000 edition by
Bradley Robinson. That's a fact. |
|
- Wed, 12 Mar 2003
From: ron349 <ron349@earthlink.net>
To: YOU_DECIDE@matthewhenson.com
Subject: 1999 Bradley Robinson
Norton AntiVirus Deleted197.txt
[nice going, Ron]
- Mon, 24 Mar 2003
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
From: Andrea Storm <astorm@eagle.ca>
I hope your quest is successful. We cannot allow this to go
unpunished.
- Thu, 13 Feb 2003
From: "audrey bishop"
<audrey25251@mchsi.com>
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
Audrey
- From:
IGotzAJLObooty@aol.com
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003
Yup, this sure looks like theft to me! You should sew!!
- From: sygfeoku@aol.com
Wed, 5 Feb 2003
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
- Tue, 4 Feb 2003
From: Smays16@aol.com
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
Yes, the picture is an exact replica of the picture on the cover
of the book by Widget.
We have to stand up for what is right.
- From: "Kibibi Devero" <jdineen@baldwin.k12.ga.us>
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003
Stephanie Wright<Sydekick28@aol.com>
- From: "Hernandez, Elyse" <ehernand@ubspw.com>
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002
ABSOLUTELY !! OUTRIGHT THEFT !!
Elyse C. Hernandez
Divisional Vice President
UBS PAINE WEBBER
1000 Harbor Blvd.
Weehawken N.J. 07086
- From: gman55@gateway.net
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
- From: RLNUCO@aol.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
- Joaquin M. Nieves-Vazquez
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681
Phone 787-805-5353
Yes! That looks like theft
to me.
- MadmelsKids@cs.com
YES THEY BOTH LOOK THE SAME.
- MortonDD@nswccd.navy.mil
yes! that looks like theft to me.
- Notsuhjc@aol.com
YES! That looks like theft to me.
-
Bluebirds69@cs.com it looks to be the same picture to
me
- "...those are stolen"
- "Looks like theft to me!!!"
- "i really do think its a theft!"
- "looks the same"
- "Completely disgusting!"
- From: AVILA724@aol.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003
Yes! That looks like theft to me.
- From: "DEBRA AGOSTO-THRELFALL" <d.agosto@snet.net>
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002
- From: "Jason" <skull_sa2002@hotmail.com>
Subject: YES! That looks like theft to me.
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002
YUP ITS THEFT SOO HM!!!!
Want to see more evidence? Sure
you do! Look at
this... |
|
|
A photo may be public domain, but that does not mean
YOU own it. If I own the source and scan it to re-master it digitally
then it is mine with copyright protection. You are free to buy your
own public domain source photo, scan it, digitally enhance it, etc.,
then it is yours. Get it? But you can't copy mine without my
permission. Anything you create - a picture, something you write, is
protected from commercial exploitation by others. This is called
"common law" copyright. You need to put the © symbol to show people
you are serious, but it is not necessary. Even a letter you write
someone is copyright to you. The Library Of Congress has a tutorial
about this subject online.
FULL COPYRIGHT PROTECTION only occurs when you file with the Library
of Congress and send them a copy. Then you can sue for damages in
excess of $10,000 or something. |
|
© 2000 Bradley Robinson All rights reserved. All
opinions expressed by Bradley Robinson are his alone, and may not be
shared by his attorney, legal advisors, members of the Peary or Henson
family, Amazon.com or any other persons connected with the
preservation of the legacy of Matthew Henson and Robert E. Peary.
Bradley's opinions, in any event, are protected under first amendment
rights. Use of copyrighted text or images is done so as a legitimate
journalist and thereby protected under the "fair use doctrine". For
additional information or rights to use any of this material see:
Terms of Use |
|
