LAST DAY for FAIREY PROJECT
February 2, 2009 by cdaphoto
Today- Today is most definitly the last day for the Fairey project. I will not be able to stay after school, so make sure you get it done by the end of the period!!
Also, I hope that you took your weekend photos- HAPPINESS.
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FOR TODAY’S POST- At what point is copying an image the same as stealing? READ THIS. And take a look here for the original post that broke the story.
Is this the same as stealing? Does it make a difference that it was a professional photographer taking the ideas from another pro photographer? What would you do, if you came up with a great idea for a series of photos and then saw almost identical photos from someone else? Why?

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Its not exactly stealing someones work.I think that it is kinda fine but its kinda wrong. Taking some ones idea is not a right thing to do. But its the others peoples creation in the same form though. If I had some person copy my work but not in exactly the same way I think its alright. If its in the same way then that would be wrong.
i think it would be the same as stealing cause the pictures are so identical. i don’t think it would matter if it was a professional or a amateur photographer it would still be stealing.i would be mad cause it was my idea.
I think that this isn’t quite the same as stealing but that doesn’t make it right. I think that taking someone’s exact idea is wrong but if you use someone’s idea to create your own photo then that is ok. If I found out that I had an idea that someone else used I would be pretty upset, but I guess that copying is the greatest form of flattery.
it still stealing no matter what. I would be really mad if I saw my photo by someone els. i would be mad because I would probably worked hard on that photo and would want credit for taking the original.
No, I do not think it is stealing. Because yeah, it’s there ideas but they didn’t copy right the pictures or whatever. You can argue that it is the same as IPod stole the idea for an MP3 player from like walkman. Or you can argue that one form of a drug stole the idea from another company. If it isn’t copy righted, it’s fair game.
yes it is the same thing as stealing , just because your copying and not really taking them its still stealing . No it doesn’t make a difference , and if i came across someone that had my almost exact photo then i would probley sue them cause its not right .
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I think it’s close enough to stealing that it counts. It doesn’t make a difference at all that it was a pro doing it to another pro. If some one did that to me it would annoy me a lot. Just cause they didn’t ask.
Yes i think this is the same as stealing. I don’t think it makes a difference who takes the photo stealing is stealing. I would be mad if someone made a similar idea to mine because that idea could make a lot of money. It was also an idea that i thought of so its not right for someone else to copy or make it almost the same.
Yes, copying someone’s photo, professional or not, its still steeling. If i came up with a great idea I would be PISSED if someone came along and took my idea. It’s my stuff and someone should not steal it. If they did i would like do something about it to make it right.
I think that it is still stealing. It doesn’t matter if it was pro photographers. If you are just copying a photo to hang up in your house and didn’t plan on making a bunch of copies and selling them then it’s okay. I would be upset if someone copied my work. I would probably talk to them about it.
i think that this is stealing! It makes no difference that it was pro photographer stealing form another, its still not right. If anybody did that to me and stole my ideas I would be furious and sue them! That’s not fair after all of the work I out into my photos that somebody could just look at them and copy them without much thought.
I think that is just plain out annoying that this guy has to copy him instead of just making up his own work. I feel like you have to do your own things to make it be your work but he should at least tell everyone where he copied the ideas from. That guy just sucks so bad that he cant think of his own things, its especially bad when he copies from a professional photographer even if he is a pro.
I think taking someone else’s ideas and changing them slightly is the same as stealing. It shows a lack of creativity when professional photographers take other people’s ideas, and there isn’t any difference in what they’re doing as opposed to average people stealing ideas. If I had good ideas for photos and someone took my ideas and redid them a bit differently, I would be angry. In a sense, it’s as bad as pirating.
The chain of photographs that were shown in the website connection are stealing. The mexican photographer that shot pictures with the same idea as the other professional photographer is stealing images. Even though he did not copy and paste the photo and say that he took that photo, he still used the same idea and tried to portray the same concept. It doesn’t matter if a professional took the idea and concept from another professional or if it was an ordinary person taking an idea from another ordinary person, the idea was not only taken but the pictures were sold for money and that is what makes them considered stolen. If I came up with a good idea for a photograph and someone stole my idea and made almost the exact same looking photo and tried to sell it for money, I would make sure to get them in trouble for plagiarism of my photo. That would be my work and they would be getting create for the idea.
I feel that this would be an example of steeling. The definition of plagiarism includes the unauthorized use of ideas. I do not feel that it make this any less wrong that it was a professional steeling from another professional, in fact, it is just as bad if not worse. This action is unethical and destroys the credibility of both photographers. If I was involved in a situation such as this, I would make sure I had a copyright and proof that it was my idea. I would then take it to court because the actions of the other individual are unacceptable and should be taken seriously.
no its not night for any one to take or steal ideas even if your a professional. i would be really pist off. if i knew that they got the idea from me i would not no what to do, i would just just be upset.
I think that this is the same as stealing. It is literally taking someone else’s ideas and tweaking it. I would be so angry if i saw that and i would be because a like to be creative and i want the credit i deserve. If someone were to take a picture just like mine and i had a famous one and they just made it a little different i would want them to at least cite it.
I don’t know. I guess it depends on whether they are just taking pictures for their own personal amusement or they are taking them to make money. If they are making money off my idea I would probably be mad.
I don’t know what to say. I mean if I took a picture of something and someone else said it was there’s; then I would be mad. But If I took a picture and someone else replaced a couple things then like the picture up top then I would care I don’t think. It would kind of depend when it happens.
This is still stealing. People should have the right to have their own work and ideas. If I saw almost identical photos, I would try and get a law suit, and if that didn’t work then I would be passive and make them feel bad.
i think it is the same as stealing. i think it does some what have a difference. but stealing someone else’s work is wrong. i would be soooooo mad if i came up with a photo and someone else took the idea from me. thats just not cool at all.
If the person knows he is knocking off a picture done by some one else he should give some respect to the original artist, and give credit to him. If some one had taken my great idea i would sue them because it would be my idea and I deserve credit.
In a way it is the same as stealing but because it is different it isn’t so much stealing. It is stealing the idea but not stealing the photograph. I don’t think it matters who is taking the photograph its the same picture so its ok. I wouldn’t mind if they were somewhat different because people want to have choices.
I i was a photographer and i had a line of ideas for photos. and got them published and then saw the same ideas with different objects and stuff like that then, yes i would think someone stool my ideas.
I think it is stealing if they are getting money from the picture they edited. I think if they are using it for your self then it should be alright. I think it is steeling if these people are changing a little bit and calling it there own.
Yeah i think that it is just like stealing. If it is a student who is looking at professional photographers work to get inspiration than that is different. When one pro steals an idea from another pro then publishes that photo than it is stealing. If i had a great idea for photos and somebody else did the same thing i dont think i would mind that much because the pictures would not exactly the same as yours.
Well in my opinion its not really the same as stealing but at the same time it would be a lame move. I mean there is really no reason to copy someone. There are so many other things you could shoot on. To be honest it would be hard for the original photographer to see someone copying their work. I would be pretty pissed if I thought of something and then someone decides to duplicate it or make it better. Not the most classy move.
It would be stealing peoples idea, but if its still a different picture then i dont think that its stealing.
I would say that this is almost just like stealing. This is wrong to take an idea from a photographer and almost make exactly the same. I would be very angry if someone copied my idea of a great photo. If I saw a photo exactly like mine I would go and confront this person that stole my idea and make them pay up for it. It is very sad that someone would copy your idea and think that they would be able to get away with it.
I definitely think that this is stealing. It’s taking the same vision, materials, feel and idea exactly. It really bothers me that this person didn’t even attempt to make the photos look any different. He didn’t even try to improve on the pictures, they were a lot more sloppy and less detailed. If I came up with a great idea and found out someone else already did it, I would be pretty bummed. Then, I would either change my idea completely or change it enough so that there is a definite significant difference and perspective between mine and the other person’s work. It would bother me very much to know I had copied somebody else’s work and would make me feel very unoriginal and very uncreative.
Um, some of it i would say is stealing. The ones that are almost identical are. But the ones that are pretty different aren’t. No, it doesn’t matter who takes the idea. I would be pretty mad if someone did that to me because i took the time to come up with the good idea.
I would be pretty mad if I thought of the idea and someone stole it. If they came up with the idea I would feel like I was plagiarizing and I am totally against doing stuff like that.I would take my photo off of the site/ internet right away so I wouldn’t feel as bad.
i would be very angry because lots of times it takes awhile to think of an idea. then its stolen from you its not right. i would consider this a form of stealing
I don’t consider this stealing, the artist is recreating the original with his own twist.
I would be mad, I mean it’s alright to like get ideas from other photographers but as long as you like don’t totally steal the whole picture. Like those pictures were way too similar. If I took that orignial picture, i would be very mad if I saw someone copy it that much.
yes I think that it is the same as stealing. It does not make any difference who does it, pro or not. I would be mad because they are mine. I would turn them in, or go hunt them down myself.
Yes it is stealing because is stealing the same idea, set up, and everything about it other then the person and few minor objects. WITHOUT GIVING CREDIt! It doesn’t make any difference wether it is a pro or a rookie. What I would do if this ever happened to me, I wold sue them if I had enough proof that it was my idea and my photos. I would not share any of my ideas for what I will do for a photo series with anyone in case someone leaks info to someone else.
I think that it is a form of stealing. I think that if you come up with an idea it shouldn’t be copied by anyone else. However, the fact that it’s not exactly copied does make a difference but the photos are still very close. If someone was steeling my ideas I would be very up set about it and I would probably contact the photographer who took nearly identical photos of mine.
Yes I consider this kind of the same as stealing. I don’t know what’d i’d do if I came up with an idea, but then I saw someone else had already done something like my idea. I would probably carry on, and do it anyways. But note that someone else had done something like it.
I think it’s fine because all great minds think a like. It’s kind of like skateboarding when you go out to film a trick at a certain spot and we see a video that comes out and someone else already did that trick at the same spot. So if you take the photo and publish it first then it’s cool, but if you do the same thing and publish it say a year or so later then it loses a lot of it’s effect.
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I think that this is definitely stealing someone else’s picture, because i think if you don”t take the picture yourself that it is not yours. I would personally be pretty mad if I saw that someone had the same picture as I did with a little bit of a difference that they made to it. It is along the lines of plagiarism I think!!!!!!
I would be really mad because that is something that you came up with and that is something that was your idea and its not right to take somebody’s ideas and for someone to say it is theirs, i could see if they asked you first but if they didn’t then no its not right.
I don’t think that it should count as stealing the photo,but more on the lines as stealing an idea. There is a lot of competition that would make a difference. I would be excited, because he thought that my idea was great and then I would find his house and burn it down.
It’s not the same as stealing if you change it around so its not the exact same thing. I would just not care if they are different but even if they are the same then it still wouldn’t matter to me if they did it before me or even after….
Yes i think it is stealing. It’s not right to take the same idea as someone and put your name on it and call it your own. I understand if they didn’t know it was someone else’s idea but i doubt it. I would be really upset because it was my idea and they copied me for money. I’d be pretty mad.
This copying of another photographers work is not stealing since it is just like generic brands of name brand products. The fact that they are both professionals make their work legitimate in the eyes of the consumer and makes the work valid. If someone stole my idea for a group of photos, I would be proud because someone likes my idea enough to emulate my work. This pride would stem from the face that people who copy work obviously like it.
Taking a persons ideas and making a nearly identical photo is the same as stealing. It doesn’t matter who took the photo. Everyone has the right to their own individual ideas. If I saw someone stealing my ideas I would be flattered/furious. Flattered because they thought my work was good and furious because they stole it from me.
no it is not stealing. i think pros take lots from pros its just something that goes on i learn off you but you dont take it as theft . i would be happy somebody would think my work was good enough to take.
The point where copying an image is stealing is when you take the picture, call it your own and don’t mark work, also when you take an idea from a photo and copy it exactly the same down to the point is also like stealing.
I think in a way it is the same as stealing because its taking the idea of someone else. It shouldn’t make a difference if it was one pro taking from another pro, because either way its still taking. It makes me think of how some things have similar names, yet are still somewhat different, they can still sue and make the “copier” change, so why should it be different for photography. I think it would be important to do research and make sure that the idea doesn’t exist yet. If I did that, then I couldn’t be accused for copying or stealing.
I think it is. Stealing an idea that is. But the new one can be appreciated for its difference and that could be art but not the idea. No it doesnt make a difference that it is a professional photographer. It makes it more sad that someone could be unoriginal and still make it so big. I would be bummed if I saw someone copy my idea. Just because I want to be recognized but maybe that is a deeper issue that i need recognition and if you I didnt need that I would be free in a sense and maybe able to create better art.
I think we went over this friday… yeah.
we did.
I think that copying a picture is just like stealing a picture. If it was not your idea I think that it is not right to take the pictures from another photographer amateur or pro. But if you come up with the photo and there is no knowledge of another photo I think it is ok.
Is this the same as stealing? no! because if it was stealing then it would be the exact same photo. so yeah its not stealing. Does it make a difference that it was a professional photographer taking the ideas from another pro photographer? no, its still not stealing! if they get the idea from another photograph, then its just brainstorming..i guess. What would you do, if you came up with a great idea for a series of photos and then saw almost identical photos from someone else? i would find a different idea for a photograph, and get over it. Why? because its not a big deal to find a photo the exact same and copy it and realize that you did copy it, just find a new idea, thats it.
Yes, it is the same as stealing, if some just rips off someone else’s photos. It doesn’t matter if one is a professional, or not, it is stealing. I would be mad if I can up with a great idea, and someone knocked it off, from me.
Yes, this is the same as stealing. I think that this is like pepsi and coke stealing the lame taste of sodas. I would flip a fish in lava if someone took my idea like that. Its my idea! MY FLIPPING IDEA! you are not allowed to take and use it.
In a way copying is stealing but not literally. Your not literally going into there room and taking the photo. your just using there idea. There is not a difference that it was a pro picture from another pro picture. I would be mad and angry because i worked hard for them and for them to copy my idea is stupid. Thats why.
I think its the same as stealing. If they were purposely copying every single subject in the picture and reproduced it then it is stealing. Its okay to get inspiration from a photo and take your own with it in mind, but its not okay to perfectly set up a replica.
It doesn’t make a difference whether its a professional photographer or a random person with a camera. Its still copying.
I would probably let the person know who copied my photos they need to delete them and make their own version of it.
Well first off can’t figure out why all the emphasis on copy right. I understand that you probably shouldn’t do any thing close to similar to another artist. I would have to imagine that this is a common occurrence.
I think that this is the same as stealing because it is the same idea and it looks nearly the exact same. It doesn’t matter if it was one professional photographer or another taking the picture because it is still the other person’s ideas. If I came up with an idea then saw that someone else made it up then I wouldn’t publish it. If it could look that I had stole the idea then I might as well have.
I think it is kind of stealing. Its stealing ideas pretty much but I don’t think you could get some one in trouble for it. Its like if someone drew a picture and you used that idea on a picture of your own its your picture just someone else’s ideas.
I do think that it is very close to stealing. The photographer who stole the ideas should have made sure to alter the image in some personalized way. He could have used the same basic ideas, but put them in different settings, or colors and styles. They’re good if he was practicing to try and improve his photography skills and compare his talents to another photographer’s talents; but not if he were claiming it was purely his idea. If I were to see my idea already used, I would just go along and do my project in my own style. I would make changes as to keep them different, but I (for sure) wouldn’t just copy the original.
I think that this is pretty much stealing. If there was permission, then I think that it would be okay. If I came up with an idea that was already taken, then i think that i would not use the idea. Because it’s common sense.
I think it should be called stealing because the whole idea came from the 1st person. No there is no difference it should still be counted stealing unless the person that took it says you may do another picture like theirs. If i saw that some one else took my idea i would probably be really mad.
I think that it is the same a stealing, it is still someone else’s work because they came up with the idea… If I came up with a good idea and then someone else already had that idea for a picture then I would probably think that I saw it before and thats where I got it from…. But if I took a picture and then I saw that someone else copied my idea I would be angry and consider it stealing.
I think Its fine to try out other peoples ideas. Artist in learning do it all the time, they study famous artists works, styles, and ideas. However, Learning styles and getting money out of selling your work off of other peoples ideas is wrong. You should be able to make your own style by studying other peoples styles.
This is steeling even if its pro from pro. No mater what it is these are copies produced from one original, copies that don’t even compare in style or mood. As long as who ever copies from me is better, then its fine. But if I create something good and people take the idea and make it look bad, then they’re through.
If i was a pro photographer and I made a stile up, and some loser stole the stile i would be very mad!
I don’t think i could do much but i wouldn’t be happy about it.
I think the point of it is just for fun, or maybe the person thought it was amazing so maybe they could make money.
There should be a law about agents that.
I think in a way it is. Although there is no copyrights for ideas. And it’s not as it is the same exact photo, it is only a replica. No, I don’t think the fact that each photographers were professional makes a difference. I would be really mad but I don’t really know what my options would be. What could you do? I don’t think there’s anything unless you had some sort of copyright on the idea… is that possible? I’d be mad because it took my alot of thought to come up with a creative idea like that and someone stole my thoughts basically.
I don’t think that this is the same as steeling. If I came up with a great idea for a series of photos and saw the same idea in someone else’s photos I think that it would make me feel happy. Kind of like they like me idea so much they want to use it too.
Yes, I do think that is should be considered stealing because I’m sure he knew what he was doing. I don’t think that it does not make a difference even know they where both professionals. I think that I would just change my idea because I would feel bad that I was copying someone else work.
I think that it is pretty bad that these people copied the photos. I think that it’s not that big of a deal that these people recreate the pictures because it’s going to happen.
I don’t think it’s the same as stealing because in order to become a better photographer. I think if you’re going to steal someone’s photo ideas you should give them credit for the idea, at least. I’ve done this before. I don’t know what I would do, I would probably be okay with it, to know that I inspired a trend, even though I hate trends.
I think that this is the same as stealing a photo. I don’t think it makes any difference what kind of photographer took the picture. I would be realllllllllly mad and try to find the person who stole them. Because, I don’t like stealers.
Yeah I think it’s stealing. WHy couldn’t they come up with their own crazy ideas? I’d probably be mad. It’s my work and if I had a picture and someone else took one almost identical that would be frustrating. And people would probably think that I was the one who copied the person who copied me. If you know what I mean.
I would definitely say that there is a fine line between stealing and copying but that line is barely different, there is copying as mockery or satire or to make a point, and then there is copying like the photo above where the new is so close to the original it isn’t right.
Well, this is copy right. I can not believe that somebody would try to get away with this. If this was me I would throw a fit! Anyways, I see why it was copied because it is an awesome idea and I want to try.