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01 Dec 09
Brighton photographer stopped for taking 'terror' festive lights photos (From The Argus) | Dec 2009
Who has the time to risk arrest in order to stand up for human rights?
GIMP - Changing Background Color 2
this tool is a lifesaver for tidying up the white background of scanned images - so they don't print as dither patterns!
13 Sep 09
f-spot - multi-user tips
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Create a new /usr/bin/f-spot with the following contents:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/f-spot.real -b /vermaat/photos -p /vermaat/photos "${@}"This should sort-of work in a multi-user environment.
[Digikam-users] Digikam in a multi-user network environment
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Recently I started using digikam in a networked environment, with multiple users on different computers accessing a central image store on a server.
I have come across some issues
[SOLVED] Share F-Spot db between 2 users? - Ubuntu Forums
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It works... Had to change the link to a symbolic one, since I stored the photos.db file on a NFS share, where the photo files are.
[ubuntu] [SOLVED] F-Spot: Sharing Photos and Photo Database Between Multiple Users and Machine - Ubuntu Forums
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This would probably work if you make sure that the path to your pictures is the same on the local machine as it is on the server.
HOW-TO share F-Spot photo manager between multiple users on a single machine or NFS! - Ubuntu Forums
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two (or more) users SHOULD NOT USE F-SPOT at the SAME TIME.
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- Create symbolic link in each users home directory to the group configuration files with the same name.
- Create symbolic link in each users home directory to the group photos directory with the same name.
- Open F-spot and select the shared folder as your directory
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Idea #17056: "Multi-user F-Spot" - Ubuntu brainstorm
Great idea.
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The concept behind this is not to allow complex file locking, multiple updates or the like. Just the ability to use a multi-user database (MySQL) instead of SQLite.
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Family PC has several user accounts. One digital camera.
22 Jul 09
[Foundation-l] [Slashdot] Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad
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Most of his picture seems to be just
perfect for use, around the 1-2 Mpixel range which is a good
compromise to make them available for real use while preventing them
to be used in real printed media, which I guess provide Jerry a
living.
05 Dec 08
Poynter Online - Story Behind the Picture: Who Owns JonBenet Photos?
This rule applies to all kinds of photographs that may otherwise appear to be 'fair use' or 'by permission'
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The fair use arguments for ignoring ZUMA's assertion of rights to control the image are very weak. Fair use can allow an otherwise infringing use of a photo where it is the photo itself -- not what is depicted in the photo -- that is news. This is not the case here. JonBenet Ramsey is the news, and ZUMA appears to control an image of her that many want to use.
08 Sep 08
IMAGO - European Federation of Cinematographers
Background story to an amazing film, from French trade union
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The Director and Producers attend the Oscar ceremony. You are not invited. When the film wins the Academy Award, you are not thanked, in fact, your name is never mentioned.
11 Jun 08
Park warden tells parents they can't photograph their OWN daughter playing on swings| News | This is London
Heavy handed officials
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"The fact that a mummy and daddy can't take a picture of their own daughter is ridiculous."
The ban was imposed the day after company director Adrian Presbury was threatened with police action for trying to take pictures of his five-year-old daughter at an outdoor ice rink in Derby.
On the Texas suit against Virgin and Creative Commons (Lessig Blog)
CC were sued and later volunatrily dismissed by the Flickr photographer and the girl's parents over the Virgin Mobile ad campaign - CC CEO comments
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CC licenses have not (yet) tried to deal with the complexity of any right of privacy. The failure of Virgin to get a release before commercially exploiting the photograph thus triggers the question of whether the minor's right to privacy has been violated.
(Free) culture clash
Very interesting debate about the use of Creative Commons images of people in a suggestive ad campaign.
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Many jurisdictions recognise personality rights, which can protect subjects in this type of situation; in Australia, like in other common law countries, this is done in a particular type of way through passing off, traditionally a tort but which in Australia is fairly robustly protected in trade practices legislation, which allows both for civil suits and intervention by the ACCC.
..."You apparently can use unauthorised images of people to sell products, just make sure they're foreigners photographed overseas!"
24 Feb 08
My Stream... of Consciousness: Flickr vs. Shutterfly
I want an online backup - so paying $25 now sounds better than paying $100s when the inevitable hard drive failure occurs.
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Shutterfly holds your photos hostage. If you want to access a high resolution copy of your own photos, you can't just download them. Shutterfly only lets you download low resolution versions. "Oh, your computer crashed, you say? Well, you are welcome to order an archive CD with high resolution versions of all your images for $39.99.*
Dan Heller's Photography Business Blog: Gaming the Creative Commons for Profit
Keep a trail
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the statutory damages for photos registered with the Copyright Office range from $750 to $30,000 (including attorney costs)
A VC: Thinking About Online Photo Services
Oh no - not an easy choice then. No cost and private Shutterfly, or cheap powerful but complex Flickr.
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I use Flickr and think its great flexibility is pretty cool. But much of what I actually do is sharing friends and family photos, and when I do that I get constant complaints about the geeky, incomprehensible interface.
27 Jan 08
SPACE.com -- Shooting the Moon - Part 1
Great tips - photographing the moon without special lenses or telescopes.
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Lunar images can be captured with any camera and within any budget. Its brightness permits short exposures. Much work can be done from a steady tripod
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