Hacker mag 2600 laughs off Getty Images inkspots copyright claim by Richard Chirgwin.
From the post:
Venerable hacker publication 2600 is fighting off what looks like an early candidate for the most egregious copyright infringement accusation of 2015.
On a 2012 cover, 2600 used an ink-splatter effect. A group naming itself the Trunk Archive – ultimately owned by Getty Images – is now playing the pay-up game because it’s got an image that also has an ink-splatter effect.
“We thought it was a joke for almost an entire day until one of us figured out that they were actually claiming our use of a small bit of ink splatter that was on one of their images was actionable”, the 2600 team wrote on Tuesday.
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Richard discloses the source of the 2600 inkspots (not owned by Getty Images) and resources should you receive an “extortion” letter from Trunk Archive.
Copyright enforcement is a non-creative activity and distracts others from being creative. Odd outcome for a policy that alleges it encourages creativity.