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If it walks and talks like copyright infringement… Above image by (my agency stablemate) Jamie Nelson. Shot in 2006, and published in Blink Magazine.

If it walks and talks like copyright infringement…

Above image by (my agency stablemate) Jamie Nelson. Shot in 2006, and published in Blink Magazine.

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Anatomy of a copyright infringement? Above image shot by Leslie Meyers for Dexim Shoes for BBDO Atlanta (update: according to AdRants, this was out of BBDO Athens, not Atlanta). Creative Direction by Panos Rigas, Art Direction by Katerina Nissan, Art Buying by Tasos Lefkimos, Styling by Mary Deligiorgi, Hair and Makeup by Despina Mpoutzi, and Photo Production by Ellie Karali. It takes that many people to rip-off a young photographer’s little editorial shoot? And this level of exactitude in the rip-off is completely unambiguous. I know they had to have her original image printed out and on set for every stage of the process, from initial client meetings, to casting, propping, set design, hair and makeup, lighting, retouching. Egregious. They should have done the right thing and at the very least paid Jamie for her shot, and hired that hack to shoot the shoes for later insertion. Seriously. Note to art directors and art buyers: photographers like being your inspiration. That’s why we do this. So when you’re inspired by our work, just contact us, you might be surprised how inexpensive we can make images available to you, or even re-shoot with you in mind. In any case, it’s the right thing to do, and it’s a lot less expensive than defending a copyright infringement lawsuit. And note to young photographers: this is why it’s so vital that you register your copyrights within three months of first publication. If you do that, you’re entitled to seek legal fees in any court cases, which can make all the difference in protecting your rights, since often, sadly, he who has the most lawyers wins. C’mon BBDO and Dexim, do the right thing.

Anatomy of a copyright infringement?

Above image shot by Leslie Meyers for Dexim Shoes for BBDO Atlanta (update: according to AdRants, this was out of BBDO Athens, not Atlanta). Creative Direction by Panos Rigas, Art Direction by Katerina Nissan, Art Buying by Tasos Lefkimos, Styling by Mary Deligiorgi, Hair and Makeup by Despina Mpoutzi, and Photo Production by Ellie Karali.

It takes that many people to rip-off a young photographer’s little editorial shoot?

And this level of exactitude in the rip-off is completely unambiguous. I know they had to have her original image printed out and on set for every stage of the process, from initial client meetings, to casting, propping, set design, hair and makeup, lighting, retouching.

Egregious. They should have done the right thing and at the very least paid Jamie for her shot, and hired that hack to shoot the shoes for later insertion.

Seriously. Note to art directors and art buyers: photographers like being your inspiration. That’s why we do this. So when you’re inspired by our work, just contact us, you might be surprised how inexpensive we can make images available to you, or even re-shoot with you in mind.

In any case, it’s the right thing to do, and it’s a lot less expensive than defending a copyright infringement lawsuit.

And note to young photographers: this is why it’s so vital that you register your copyrights within three months of first publication. If you do that, you’re entitled to seek legal fees in any court cases, which can make all the difference in protecting your rights, since often, sadly, he who has the most lawyers wins.

C’mon BBDO and Dexim, do the right thing.