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SteveVizsla
Mar 19, 2009

Why do I always want to sock it to you so hard?
First: The Copyright Myths link no longer works :(

I'm trying to find information on what legal rights photographers have against artists who paint their work, including those who digitally paint over the photos, and then sell those works. I own a rare breed of dog that a lot of people are visually attracted to, and this is really becoming a problem for those of us who own them and are also photographers. Everyone I know of this happening to have sold images for stock, do client work on the side, etc.

Two examples:
-One involves two photos being digitally turned into paintings by a woman who's probably the most popular dog artist on Etsy (I've also seen her stuff in many stores lately... she's known for doing lots of different breeds). I know a photographer in another less common breed who says the painting of her breed is from a stolen photo, as well.
-Today I was glancing through fineartamerica.com and found another work being sold as prints, cards, etc. that's a copy of another friend's photo. She has a very distinctive photo editing style and the painting even replicates that, to the point that I instantly recognized it and messaged her. I could even name which of her dozens of dogs it is.

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SteveVizsla
Mar 19, 2009

Why do I always want to sock it to you so hard?
^^ Thanks, I will! I'd forgotten about that case.

hac posted:

Not really sure about the answer to this but I'm curious what kind of dog you have.

Ibizan Hound :)

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