A few nice photo websites images I found:
David - Young Sherlock Holmes
Image by Michael Taggart Photography
Website / Facebook
Had a great picture of David from the back and wanted to add some direction and story to the picture. Let me know what you think.
Beautiful Background picture from tollpomlin's photos - York, UK.
Link to background picture: www.flickr.com/photos/paultomlin/2909744844/in/photostream/
Artist Collectible Cards and prints on Etsy
Etsy / Blog / Facebook / Large Prints / Questions
Metro
Image by Raymond Larose
MTA New York City Subway
See more sizes on my new website, Raymond Larose Photography.
The New York City Subway trails only the metro systems of Tokyo, Moscow and Seoul in annual ridership and carries more passengers than all other rail mass transit systems in the United States combined.
Subway stations are located throughout the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. All services pass through Manhattan, except for the Franklin Avenue Shuttle in Brooklyn, the Rockaway Park Shuttle in Queens, and the Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local connecting Brooklyn and Queens only. All but two of the 468 stations of the subway are served 24 hours a day. This is very rare globally; the only other United States rapid transit systems that share this distinction are the PATH (connecting northern New Jersey with Manhattan), the PATCO Speedline (linking Philadelphia with southern New Jersey), and two lines of the Chicago 'L'. (ref: Wikipedia)
Nikon D80 + Sigma 10-20mm
This handheld shot is pretty much straight from the lens.
View on Black
The journey is the reward. Please, no group invitations or badges.
my work was stolen by taipeitravel.net 台北旅遊網(曾經)偷了我的作品...
Image by *dans
who is the thief ?
your photograph is protected by copyright or copyleft?
read detail:
my work was stolen by www.taipeitravel.net/ (since 2008/??/?? until 2009/6/14).
"taipeitravel.net" is the official website developed by Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government.
2009/6/18, one week after i wrote a complained email to Taipei City Mayor. The Dept. of Information and Tourism has admitted that its contractor; E-Century Information and Technology, has infringed my copyright by using my Taipei 101 fireworks NY2008 to merge with other photo to post on the front page of "taipeitravel.net" and The Department of Information and Tourism has aksed the contractor to be responsible for the consequences.
The supervisor (a.k.a. Creative Director) Cecilia Chang from E-Century Information and Technology, was trying to appeal to understanding that their designer was young and inexperienced not knowing what he did was worng and that Taipei Travel Net was a non-profit (please do not forget E-Century company makes profits) website...
2010/3/3, The verdict from Taipei District Prosecutors Office judged: in this criminal (copyright) law case, it (E-CENTURY INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY CO.; the profitable contractor of Taipei City Government) is legal (has legitimate reasons *) to use my work for public purpose despite my declaration of "All rights reserved" and without my permission...
*according to government procurator's report, the major legitimate reasons incl:
fireworks are only small part on this front page, my works (fireworks shot) are not "originality" and taipeitravel.net is a non-profit website.
2010/4/16, receive a notice from Taiwan High Prosecutors Office that they have asked Taipei District Prosecutors Office continue investigation about this copyright law case.
台北旅遊網 "偷" 了我的作品101煙火照片
(期間自2008/??/?? 開始，直到 2009/6/14 被我意外發現並通知台北市政府為止)。
儘管已經明白標示 "© 版權所有 不得轉載"，檢察官仍然認為是"合理"使用...
這就是政府所謂"尊重智慧財產權，拒絕盜版"的真相嗎?
到底誰是"小偷"？
著作權是智慧財產權還是智慧"共產權" ?
簡要說明:
2009/6/9
透過朋友詢問臺北市政府觀光傳播局是否侵權使用本人煙火作品。
2009/6/11
我email給臺北市政府市長信箱關於發現此事。
2009/6/12
臺北市政府觀光傳播局觀光發展科黃科長下午招開協商會議，會議中承包商先得利資訊科技股份有限公司(E-Century)代表人兼創意總監張瓊月表示:
此「臺北旅遊網」係完全由該公司兩位年輕菜鳥設計師負責，伊事先並不知情，「臺北旅遊網」非商業網站，而他們一張網頁照片取得價格僅需新台幣數百元...等理由願意賠償本人。由於明顯規避侵權(著作權)責任，不提「臺北旅遊網」承包合約金額有數百萬元之多，不理本人所提以往授權之參考價格..等原因此未達成和解。
2009/6/18
臺北市政府觀光傳播局局長 羊曉東回復我(發文字號北市觀發字09830610600號)：
"「臺北旅遊網」首頁係本局97年經委託先得利資訊股份有限公司製做，該公司涉嫌未經您的同意即使用照片的行為，本局認為已損及 您及本局權益，並已依契約規定，另案函請該公司盡速妥為處理..."
2009/7/3
台北市大安區調解委員會調解，仍因前述原因未能達成和解共識。
2009/9/14
我就著作權侵權事件請律師發存證信函， 正本先得利資訊股份有限公司代表人兼創意總監張瓊月， 副本臺北市政府觀光傳播局。
2009/11/15
委請吳義雄律師向台北地方法院檢察署(以下簡稱地檢署)提告，就先得利資訊股份有限公司及創意總監張張瓊月與不詳姓名之其他設計師等人，有違反著作權法罪嫌提出刑事告訴。
2009/12/17
地檢署簽分秋股98年度他字第11285號著作權法案件，開偵查庭。
2010/1/26
地檢署改簽分秋股99年度偵字第2106號著作權法案件，開偵查庭。
2010/2/10
地檢署 秋股99年度偵字第2106號著作權法案件，續開偵查庭。
檢察官楊冀華詢問證人"...質諸證人陳俞光到庭結稱: 伊為被告先得利公司之設計師，為製作臺北旅遊網歡迎頁經由雅虎奇摩網站搜尋引擎，在flickr網站發現若干煙火照片，伊僅取用煙火部份，乃將煙火部份一一拆下，翻轉後重製，過程為伊獨立完成，亦未報告被告張瓊月..."
註1: 陳姓設計師自稱是進入先得利公司未滿一年之菜鳥設計師，亦應是2009/6/12在觀光傳播局張瓊月向本人承認應對此事負責的兩位年輕設計師之ㄧ。
註2: 檢察官楊冀華在偵訊時表示，雙方律師可在7工作日內提出補充告訴理由狀說明。由於農曆新年假期，所以本人的委託律師於二月二十三日另提三頁補充說明。
2010/2/11
檢察官楊冀華偵訊次日立即完成不起訴書，主要理由為:
一、證人陳姓設計師所取用之煙火部份質與量，佔臺北旅遊網歡迎頁之比例甚微。
二、次就利用結果對於著作之潛在市場與現在價值之影響言，告訴人前述「101煙火照片」其中煙火部份，單純忠實呈現煙火之型態，並無較為繁重之設計或技巧，告訴人亦自承修改之技術僅為影像重疊。而網路資訊發達，有關煙火照片俯拾即是，難謂有何特殊之無可取代性，此亦足以證明被告張瓊月或被告先得利公司其餘人員並無可能發現有何可使用上之爭議問題。
三、末就利用之目的及性質言，被告先得利公司並非直接販售上開之煙火照片圖利其為臺北市政府施作上揭網頁之最終目的仍係為推展城市觀光...
2010/3/24
收到上述不起訴書，地檢署檢察官楊冀華做出的結論是：被告先得利公司係合理使用告訴人(本人)前述之「101煙火照片」...
2010/4/16
收到臺灣高等法院檢察署通知，將我申請再議之先得利資訊等 著作權法乙案發回續查。
註4：承包商先得利資訊科技股份有限公司 ，係從事廣告設計、智慧財產權等營業項目，資本額一千八百萬台幣，年營業額超過千萬，擁有台積電、寶鹼、行政院觀光局等知名客戶的一家"專業"公司。
註5：其實大家把作品放在flcikr供人瀏覽，就已經算是"分享"。請再進一歩參考，我所樂見"公益分享"的例子：
1. 游同學的明信片
2. Colors of Taiwan’s Democracy 台灣民主的顏色
2010/4/15
