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[Digital BW] Re: Bill Brandt "carbon prints" Los Angeles

2005-07-19 by tariqgibranstudio

Actually, Web site publishing is covered by copyright just like anything else.  You can e-
mail or call any infringer and demand they remove your stolen copy or threaten legal 
action if you desire.

Tariq


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Dragonfly Imaging & Printing 
<dragonfly.printing@s...> wrote:
> At least they should give you a source credit or reference Clayton.
> 
> This same new type of "web plagiarism" is becoming more prevalent all  
> the time. A new fine art printing company is using our rearranged  
> text and web design right down to the menu tabs, even though they  
> don't even offer those services! It irks me to see our efforts on  
> another site.
> 
> Hold your head high Clayton. I don't think there's much we can do  
> about copyright on website content.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John Toles
> www.dragonflyprinting.com
> 
> On Jul 19, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Clayton Jones wrote:
> 
> >> "Carbon was one of the earliest substances used to produce
> >> photographic prints. The first known image-forming use of carbon
> >> pigment was in the Paleolithic Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave in France
> >> some 30,000 years ago. More recently, the first photographic
> >> Carbon Print process was developed by Adolphe Poitevin in France
> >> in 1856."
> >>
> >> "An important aspect of the process is that it is an ink on paper
> >> medium, not a light-sensitive emulsion, and therefore is more akin
> >> to gravure than to silver or platinum prints. Carbon printing is
> >> still practised today in various forms by those who revere a more
> >> permanent image."
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Sounds like someone has been reading my website.  Compare the above
> > with these quotes from my article "What To Call Them" (written over a
> > year ago) on my web site at
> >
> >   http://www.cjcom.net/articles/digiprn6.htm
> >
> > -------------------------
> > "Carbon was the earliest substance used to produce long lasting
> > photographic prints.  The first Carbon Print process was developed by
> > Adolphe L. Poitevin in France in 1856 in response to a monetary prize
> > offered for the first person to devise a permanent photographic
> > printing process  (from The History Of Photography by Beaumont
> > Newhall, page 60).  Carbon Printing in various forms is still
> > practiced today by people who love to keep the old processes alive."
> >
> > "One of the key aspects of inkjet printing is that it is an ink on
> > paper process, not a light-sensitive emulsion, and therefore is more
> > closely related to Photogravure than to silver or platinum."
> > -------------------------
> >
> > They have pretty much lifted my text and rearranged it slightly.  The
> > mention of the "Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave" probably came from one of
> > Paul's posts here, or maybe it's on his web site...
> >
> > Should I be angry or flattered? [g].
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clayton
> >
> >
> > Info on black and white digital printing at
> > http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> 
> 
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