"Waterspider" wrote in message
Aspiring litigators, take note. This one could be interesting… http://www.pcpro.co.uk:80/news/219744/visual-search-engine-i s-photographers-best-friend.html
MS is developing a similar software
it’s goal was to make search on similar images in order to build detailed libraries of similar subjects
but it looked to me a good tool to find your own "similar frames" on the internet
I was happy to see this being developed, having been victrimized a few times, photos used w/o compensation, sometimes I find them on google
As Congress in USA is set to pass a very bad for artist bill regarding "orphaned images" this may be a very important tool for us in future
if the law passes anyone who claims they cannot find the proper author of a work to pay it
may use the intellectual property without paying
this engine will make that more difficult to prove
god bless programmers
http://www.petitiononline.com/Stop2913/ To: United States Congress
Dear Member of Congress,
We have signed this petition to express our grave misgivings concerning Senate Bill 2913 and House of Representatives Bill 5889 (The Orphan Works Act of 2008) before Congress. We strongly oppose this legislation and urge you to vote against it. We believe these bills infringe upon the rights of artists, journalists, American citizens, and people of the world. For a further understanding of our views please read the attached statement from the grassroots group, A Million People Against the Orphan Works Bill.
The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 (S.2913) and (H.R.5889) is a very complicated piece of legislation that has enormous implications for all Americans and all people. It is our belief this bill is an insidious attempt to undermine existing United States and International copyright laws that protect photojournalists, multimedia journalists, writers, artists, cartoonists, illustrators, videographers, musicians, American citizens, and all people who take pictures, make videos, or create art. Upon serious examination of this bill and the groups lobbying for its passage, we have concluded that it is a threat to the intellectual property rights, privacy, and free speech of all Americans and all people.
We believe it is the unalienable right of the individual artist or person to decide how their photographs, illustrations, videos, music or paintings are used for eternity. We feel the strong protection of this right helps prevent any one person, company, institution or government from gaining control over the world
